25 years of advancing transportation safety
The TSB was created on March 29, 1990, and we’ve spent the past 25 years investigating accidents and publicly reporting on what we’ve found. Across Canada and across the world, we’re recognized as a leader in accident investigation. When something goes wrong—whether it’s on our waterways, along our pipelines or railways, or in the sky—the TSB is there to find out what happened, why it happened, and what needs to be done so that it doesn’t happen again.
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Highlights
2013
Start of the Lac-Mégantic investigation (Rail)
2012
Release of Watchlist 2012
2011
Start of the Resolute Bay investigation (Air)
2010
Release of Watchlist 2010
2006
Wendy Tadros appointed Chair
2005
Start of the Queen of the North investigation (Marine)
Start of the Air France investigation (Air)
Wendy Tadros appointed acting Chair
2003
Charles H. Simpson appointed acting Chair
2002
Camille Theriault appointed Chair
2001
Clarification of Transportation of Dangerous Goods regulation by TC following TSB recommendation R01-03
Charles H. Simpson appointed acting Chair
2000
Commercialization of TSB’s Recording, Analysis and Presentation System (RAPS)
1998
Start of the Swissair 111 investigation (Air)
1996
Honourable Benoit Bouchard appointed Chair
1995
Revision of the TSB Occurrence Classification Policy
Launch of SECURITAS - confidential multi-modal reporting program
1991
Involvement in Saudi Arabia’s investigation into the fatal crash of a Canadian-registered aircraft
1990
The TSB is created on March 29, 1990
John William Stants appointed Chair
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