Aircraft Went Down In 2013, Resulting In The Fatal Injury Of All On Board

Canadian health and safety officials have gone to court to gain access to information from the cockpit voice recorder from an ORNGE air ambulance that went down in 2013 in Moosonee, Ont., resulting in the fatal injury of the four people on board the aircraft.

In the request, the lead investigator for the government is seeking to determine whether spatial disorientation and inadequate training contributed to the accident, according to The Toronto Star.

In his affidavit filed with the court, investigator Domenic Iacobellis, a federal health and safety official, said "the problem, in part, stemmed from the fact that the people running the show didn’t have the appropriate background. Because of this, they didn’t understand the constraints and the risks of flying up north.”

Investigator say that the information from the CVR will help them determine which pilot was flying the aircraft at the time of the accident, and whether there were any mechanical difficulties encountered by the crew.

ORNGE was charged with 17 federal health and safety violations under the Canada Labor Code in 2014 in connection with the accident. So far, only the Canadian Transportation Safety Board has heard the recordings.

(Image from file. Not accident aircraft)

FMI: www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/