BC Ferries takes TSB to court to get electronic chart system back; judge says No
27 Sep, 6:57 PM
VANCOUVER - B.C. Ferries wants the Transportation Safety Board to give back the electronic chart system that sank with the Queen of the North.
But a judge has ruled the TSB doesn't have to.
B.C. Ferries retrieved the system's hard drive from the sunken vessel using a submersible in June 2006, three months after the sinking.
As part of the TSB investigation, Ferries turned the hard drive over, but the company wants it back so it can release some of the information.
But Justice Christopher Hinkson ruled the TSB is given wide powers to investigate matters of "public importance" and it doesn't need to return documents or items seized unless it chooses to do so.
The judgment noted that Ferries undertook its own investigation of the sinking, but unlike the TSB, could not force some of the ship's officers on the bridge that night to tell them what happened.
BC Ferries takes TSB to court
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BC Ferries takes TSB to court
I expect once TSB is finished, depending on what was found, then TC would also want some time.
From our experience, it took two and a half years of a Class 5 investigation before we got access to the log books. And since it was an "ongoing investigation" - with no reportable information - it was not releasable through access to information.
From our experience, it took two and a half years of a Class 5 investigation before we got access to the log books. And since it was an "ongoing investigation" - with no reportable information - it was not releasable through access to information.
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