LVNL is now demanding that NH Nieuws remove a published fragment
n which air traffic controllers can be heard instructing planes to land on a closed runway,
and is threatening to take the broadcaster to court if it doesn't, NH Nieuws wrote.
According to the broadcaster,
LVNL is relying on a European regulation, which states that recordings of air traffic control may be listened to, but not published again.
NH Nieuws said that the social and journalistic importance of this fragment is of such concern that it will not be deleted.
The safety situation at Schiphol is an important and
relevant topic, the broadcaster said.
NH Nieuws also said that air traffic control makes selective use of this European regulation.
The broadcaster referred to a recording of King Willem-Alexander communicating with air traffic control as a pilot that was published on social media.
A communications adviser for LVNL called this a "nice fragment".
Last month, LVNL also allowed a vlogger into the control tower, and sound clips were published on their video blog, NH Nieuws said.
...which is Sam Chui at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKp_0268BVQ ...
The Netherlands association for journalism NVJ is impressed
with NH Nieuws for standing its ground, general secretary Thomas Bruning said on Twitter.