Dutch Safety Board

The Dutch Safety Board (DSB; Dutch: Onderzoeksraad Voor Veiligheid, OVV, literally "Investigation Council for Safety") is based in The Hague, the Netherlands.[1][2] The first chairman was Pieter van Vollenhoven, who served until February 2011. He was succeeded by Tjibbe Joustra, the current chairman.[3][4]

History

DSB headquarters in The Hague

The formation of the DSB occurred after the Enschede fireworks disaster and the Volendam café fire.[2]

The DSB was formed in 2005 by a merger between the defence and public transportation safety boards. It replaced the Dutch Transport Safety Board.[5]

As of 2012 the DSB actively investigates accidents and incidents related to aviation, construction and services, crisis management and aid provision, defence, human and animal health care, industry and networks, pipelines, rail transport, shipping, and water. The DSB has the authorization to investigate accidents and incidents in any conceivable field.[6]

The National Bureau of Air Accidents Investigation of Ukraine (NBAAI) had requested that the DSB participate in the international investigation of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17; the DSB received formal notice of the accident from the NBAAI on 18 July 2014.[7] The NBAAI delegated the investigation to the DSB because of the large number of Dutch passengers and the fact that the flight originated in Amsterdam.[8]

Areas of investigations

Operational sectors of investigations include:

Structure

The board acts as an autonomous organisation. Its code of conduct is established by law.

The organisation consists of a Board and a Bureau. The Board has five permanent members, the Bureau fulfills executive tasks.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 9 June 2009. "Visiting address Anna van Saksenlaan 50 2593 HT The Hague "
  2. 1 2 "History of the Safety Board." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 29 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Joustra voorzitter Onderzoeksraad" (in Dutch). NOS. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Dutch government (17 September 2010). "Joustra voorzitter Onderzoeksraad voor veiligheid" (in Dutch). Dutch ministry of General Affairs. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Kingdom Act Instituting a Safety Investigation Board (Kingdom Act concerning Safety Investigation Board) (PDF), to prepare a legislative proposal in order to come to one independent investigation board for disasters and major accidents
  6. ↑ "The Dutch Safety Board." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 17 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Investigation crash MH17, 17 July 2014 Donetsk Introduction" (Archive). Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 2 August 2014. "The Dutch Safety Board was formally informed on the air disaster by its Ukrainian counterpart (NBAAI) on 18 July 2014. The NBAAI also requested the Dutch Safety Board to participate in the international investigation. "
  8. ↑ "Investigation crash MH17, 17 July 2014." Dutch Safety Board. Retrieved on 22 August 2014. "Ukraine has transferred responsibility for investigating the cause of the crash to the Dutch Safety Board. The request came from Ukraine. This request was made because the flight departed from the Netherlands, and due to the large number of Dutch nationals who died in the crash"

Sources

This article incorporates text from www.safetyboard.nl, a public domain work of the Dutch government.

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