In order to promote transportation safety through an independent and impartial investigation of aviation, railway, marine, and highway occurrences, “The Organization Act of Taiwan Transportation Safety Board” and “Transportation Occurrences Investigation Act” was promulgated on April 24, 2019. Accordingly the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB), an independent organization of the government, was established on August 1, 2019. The TTSB consists of nine to eleven Board Members. Five Full-time Board Members, one of them is Chairperson and another as Vice Chairperson to assist the Chairperson with the operations of TTSB; the rest four to six are Adjunct Board Members. Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Full-time Board Members are appointed by the Premier of the Executive Yuan. Adjunct Board Members are assigned by the Premier respectively from related agencies, and universities. All of them will serve a four-year term and are allowed to be reappointed.
