NONDISCLOSURE OF RECORDED INFORMATION

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NON-DISCLOSURE OF RECORDED INFORMATION

• Caj Frostell
• Chief, Accident Investigation
• and Prevention Section
• International Civil Aviation Organization

International Symposium on Transportation
Recorders
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Annex 13 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT
INVESTIGATION

• Paragraph 5.12
• Disclosure of records

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• 5.12 The State conducting the investigation of
  an accident or incident, wherever it occurred,
  shall not make the following records available
  for purposes other than accident or incident
  investigation, unless...

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• (5.12 Contd) ...unless the appropriate authority
  for the administration of justice in that State
  determines that their disclosure outweighs the
  adverse domestic and international impact such
  action may have on that or any future
  investigation

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• a) all statements taken from persons by the
  investigation authorities in the course of their
  investigation
• b) all communications between persons having been
  involved in the operation of the aircraft

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• c) medical or private information regarding
  persons involved in the accident or incident
• d) cockpit voice recordings and transcripts from
  such recordings and

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• e) Opinions expressed in the analysis of
  information, including flight recorder
  information.

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• These records shall be included in the final
  report or its appendices only when pertinent to
  the analysis of the accident or incident. Parts
  of the records not relevant to the analysis shall
  not be disclosed.

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• Note. Information contained in the records
  listed above, which includes information given
  voluntarily by persons interviewed during the
  investigation of an accident or incident, could
  be utilized inappropriately for subsequent
  disciplinary, civil, administrative and criminal
  proceedings. (Continued)

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• (Note Contd) If such information is distributed,
  it may, in the future, no longer be openly
  disclosed to investigators. Lack of access to
  such information would impede the investigative
  process and seriously affect flight safety.

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ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION
(AIG)DIVISIONAL MEETING (1999)Montreal, 14 to
24 September 1999

• PROPOSED CHANGES TO
• CHAPTER 5 IN ANNEX 13

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NON-DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS

• The intent of the Standard in paragraph 5.12 is
  to ensure that cockpit voice recordings are not
  used for any purpose other than accident and
  incident investigation. However, there have
  sometimes been demands from other bodies, such as
  judicial inquiries, to have access to the
  recordings and transcripts.

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• Preventing disclosure of cockpit voice recordings
  and transcripts presents greater difficulties to
  investigators than do the other records listed in
  5.12. The Secretariat considers that
  non-disclosure of the recordings and transcripts
  be the subject of a Standard of its own.

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• Also, a change in the heading from disclosure
  to non-disclosure is proposed, since it better
  reflects the intent.

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Non-disclosure of cockpit voice recordings and
transcripts

• 5.8 The State conducting the investigation of an
  accident or incident, shall not make the cockpit
  voice recordings and transcripts from such
  recordings available for purposes other than
  accident prevention, unless...

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• (5.8 Contd) ...unless the appropriate authority
  for the administration of justice in that State
  determines that their disclosure outweighs the
  adverse domestic and international impact such
  action may have on that or any future
  investigations.

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• 5.8.1 Transcripts, or parts thereof, shall be
  included in the final report or its appendices
  only when pertinent to the analysis of the
  accident or incident. Transcripts, or parts
  thereof, not relevant to the analysis shall not
  be disclosed.

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• Note. If a cockpit voice recording or its
  transcript is used inappropriately for purposes
  other than accident prevention, such use may
  prejudice the availability of this source of
  information in the future. Lack of access to
  such information would impede the investigation
  process and seriously affect flight safety.

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Annex 11 - AIR TRAFFIC SERVICESChapter 6. AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICES REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS
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Requirements to record

• air-ground communications
• ground-ground communications
• radar data

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• 6.4.1.2 Recommendation.
• Automatic recordings should be retained for a
  period of at least fourteen days. When the
  recordings are pertinent to accident and incident
  investigations, they should be retained for
  longer periods until it is evident that they will
  no longer be required.

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Annex 13 - paragraph 5.12

• b) all communications between persons having been
  involved in the operation of the aircraft.