National Aviation Investigation Agency and Railway Accidents and Transportation Safety

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National Aviation Investigation Agency and Railway Accidents and Transportation Safety
Εθνικός Οργανισμός Διερεύνησης Αεροπορικών και Σιδηροδρομικών Ατυχημάτων και Ασφάλειας Μεταφορών
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 21, 2023 (2023-01-21)
Preceding agencies
  • Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board
  • Commission for the Investigation of Railway Accidents and Incidents
JurisdictionGreek government
HeadquartersNea Filadelfeia, Athens
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Georgios Dritsakos, President
  • Chistos Papadimitriou, President of railway section / deputy President
  • Konstantinos Kapetanidis, Head of the Accident Investigation Unit
Parent agencyMinistry of Infrastructure and Transport
Websitehttps://www.harsia.gr/index.php/en/home-basic/

National Aviation Investigation Agency and Railway Accidents and Transportation Safety (HARSIA Greek:Εθνικός Οργανισμός Διερεύνησης Αεροπορικών και Σιδηροδρομικών Ατυχημάτων και Ασφάλειας Μεταφορών - EΟΔΑΣΑΑΜ) is the competent body for the investigation of air and rail accidents in Greece. It is an autonomous public service of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, supervised by the Minister himself.
It was created by Law 5014 of January 2023, by merging the "Aircraft Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board" and the "Commission for the Investigation of Railway Accidents and Incidents".[1]

It became operational in February 2024 and its first case was the Tempi railway accident.

Previous Boards

Aircraft Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board

The Board was established in 2001 by Law 2912/01 in order for Greece to comply with EU Directive 94/56 "Establishment of the Basic Principles Governing the Investigation of Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents". The Board was supervised by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, but its members enjoyed administrative and financial autonomy. From 2001 to 2011, the chairman of the commission was Akrivos Tsolakis (Ακριβός Τσολάκης), the founder of the aviation safety sector in Greece.[2]

The Seal of The Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board (AAIASB)

During its years of operation, the body had investigated around 200 air accidents. The most famous of these were

Commission for the Investigation of Railway Accidents and Incidents

According to the European Union's Directive 2016/798 on railway safety, each member state must establish a permanent committee to investigate rail accidents and incidents. In Greece, the directive was incorporated into national law in October 2019 with a law (4632/2019) for the establishment of the "Railway Accident and Incident Investigation Committee" (EDISAS). In the end, the Commission was never created and never functioned, as the government repealed Law 4632 and replaced it with Law. 5014/2023, which created the HARSIA. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Συστήνεται νέος ενιαιος Οργανισμός διερεύνησης αεροπορικών και σιδηροδρομικών ατυχημάτων" [A new Aviation and Rail Accident Investigation Agency is set up]. ethnos.gr (in Greek). 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Esteemed flight safety expert Akrivos Tsolakis dies, aged 93". ekathimerini.com. 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Τέμπη / Στην Κομισιόν η ανυπαρξία ανεξάρτητου φορέα διερεύνησης σιδηροδρομικών ατυχημάτων" [Tempi / The lack of an independent body to investigate rail accidents to the Commission]. 9 March 2023.
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