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Halifax air crash voice recording can be disclosed in civil case
The Supreme Court of Canada says the cockpit voice recording from an Air Canada plane that crashed on a Halifax runway can be disclosed to parties in a class-action lawsuit. (halifax.citynews.ca) More...
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Can be disclosed? I didn't know these recordings were classified.
Countries other than the U.S. tend to have rather strict privacy laws. Canada is unsurprisingly among them.
The actual voice recordings are controlled, the transcripts produced, which trend to redact private or secure information or edited for clarity or language are released to the public.
When was the last time you heard one?
The only one I heard was chilling and I have no desire to hear the screams from the cockpit just before impact again.
In Canada, freedom of speech is a benefit, not a right. The Canadian government regulates what can be made public, it does so if the disclosure will benefit them. If you want to experience China, just travel to Canada, it's only one step behind. As a Canadian, I do not wear the blinders most Canadians do.
