Conversations between the the pilots of a lost air ambulance are currently being downloaded of safety officials in Canada
Conversations between the the pilots of a lost air ambulance are currently being downloaded of safety officials in Canada.
On Monday, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) advised that the ‘black box’ cockpit voice recorder from the flight has been recovered. A TSB spokesperson subsequently told Bermuda Broadcasting that the recorder is at the TSB laboratory in Ottawa, and the information is being downloaded.
The spokesperson added that the CVR “records the conversations between the pilots and Air Traffic Control, as well as between the pilots.”
They advised that it is “too early to determine exactly what information will be helpful for the investigation.”
The cockpit voice recorder, is one of the two ‘black boxes’ which the TSB previously said “are a key element to determining what happened during the occurrence.” The other ‘black box’ is the flight data recorder, which we understand has not been recovered at this time.
The upper part of the cockpit has also been recovered, and is being prepared for transport to the Ottawa lab.
The TSB spokesperson told us that the parts were recovered between October 25th and 29th, and were found within 1 nautical mile of the suspected impact location.
The Latitude Air Ambulance flight disappeared en route from Bermuda to Boston on October 3rd.
Bermudian mother and son Marilyn Lavonne Bean and Sergio Wayne Lottimore were on board, along with four Canadians – pilot Captain Philip Gregory Childerhose, First Officer Thomas Henry Farquhar, flight nurse Sarah Jane Paton, and respiratory therapist Jolene Beth Weir.
A memorial service for Ms Bean and Mr Lottimore will be held on Sunday at the Anglican Cathedral in the City of Hamilton.
