The Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (translation: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation) is the German federal agency responsible for air accident investigation. The purpose of BFU is to find out the causes of air accidents and how they can be prevented. An aviation accident (as per the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board definition) is an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person...

See also

• Air safety
• NTSB, the US counterpart agency.
• TSB, the Canada counterpart agency.
• AAIB, the United Kingdom counterpart agency.
• BEA, the France conterpart agency.

During the 1920s, the first laws were passed in the USA to regulate civil aviation. ... The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is a U.S. government organization responsible for investigation of accidents involving aviation, highway, marine, pipelines and railroads in the United States. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The Transportation Safety Board (Bureau de la Securite des Transports du Canada) is the Canadian agency responsible for maintaining transportation safety in Canada. ... The Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigates air accidents in the United Kingdom. ... The Bureau dEnquêtes et dAnalyses pour la sécurité de lAviation Civile (BEA) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those investigations. ...

External links

• BFU website (http://www.bfu-web.de)