Several years ago of a CVR audio tape was released, but it was released by
the airline in the post-accident litigation, after the NTSB had returned it
to the airline. This is the only incident I know of in the United States
where an audio tape of a CVR was released to the public.
Barry Strauch
NTSB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugo Oscar Leimann Patt [SMTP:hleimann_at_houseware.com.ar]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 7:59 PM
> To: crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu
> Subject: Publishing CVRs
>
>
> Dear gang,
> talking about CVRs, could anyone in this lovely forum tell me which kind
> of legal
> requirement are needed to publish (in internet or otherwise) the
> transcripts and
> the audio tape itself as well. This requirement is motivated by the
> imminent
> release of our last and greatest accident and I would like to see if those
> data
> can be vented to the whole aviation community for safety sake (something
> like
> *believe it or not, this can happen to you too*), without suffering legal
> inconvenients.
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Hugo
> http://www.house.com.ar/users/hf_crm