Halifax Air Crash Voice Recording Can Be Disclosed in Civil Case, Supreme Court Rules

Airport Firefighters work at the crash site of Air Canada AC624 that crashed early Sunday morning during a snowstorm, at Stanfield International Airport in Halifax on March 30, 2015. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the cockpit voice recording from an Air Canada plane that crashed on a Halifax runway can be disclosed to parties in a class−action lawsuit.

Dozens of people were injured in the March 2015 crash, prompting a lawsuit against Air Canada, plane manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. and others.