Safety Investigation Authority

Head office of the Safety Investigation Authority of Finland

The Safety Investigation Authority of Finland (SIAF,[1] Finnish: Onnettomuustutkintakeskus "Accident Investigation Center", OTKES; Swedish: Olycksutredningscentralen) is the accident investigation authority of Finland. It investigates all major accidents, and all aviation, maritime, and rail accidents and incidents.[2] The board is located within the Ministry of Justice,[2] and it is headquartered in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.[3]

In English it was previously known as the Accident Investigation Board of Finland.[4]

This two tachographs were retrieved by the Safety Investigation Authority from the Konginkangas bus disaster in 2004

References

  1. ↑ "M2013-02 ms FINNARROW contact with quay in Holyhead 16 February 2013." Onnettomuustutkintakeskus. 20 February 2013. Retrieved on 12 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Role and function". Accident Investigation Board Finland. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Accident Investigation Board Finland – In English". Accident Investigation Board Finland. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Annual Report 2009." Accident Investigation Board of Finland. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.