A Swedish newspaper has reported allegations that RYR had removed information from data recorders. It seems an extraordinary allegation for sure. Even if it was "not necessary" to save the recordings, why would you want to remove anything that could even have a minute chance of explaining an issue? (Naive I know, but...)
Ryanair raderade information ur svarta lådan - Nyköping - www.sn.se
Google translate:
NYKÖPING Audio recording from a Ryanair plane that made an emergency landing at Skavsta just over two years ago were erased from the so-called black box. Someone in the company made sure that recording as pilots rescued at landing never reached the responsible investigators.
Ryanair: "Not necessary to save the recording"
It was on April 25, two years ago as Ryanair plane, a Boeing 737 with 179 people on board, got an emergency landing at Skavsta Airport. The plane took off from Skavsta on the way to Paris Beauvais and got several alarms on faults board and forced to return to the airport. Now SN reveal that the audio recording from the cockpit that will be available for accident investigators deleted by Ryanair. The data also confirmed by the Investigation.
- When the captain would land, he pulled out the fuse to the man in general refers to the black-box, Cockpit Voice Recorder, to save the audio recording of what was said in the cockpit, according to a source from within the company to SN. The source, who for fear of reprisals wishes to remain anonymous, says that the inquiry would then be had the saved recording disappeared.
- It was deleted by Ryanair and no one wants to say when or by whom. It is clear that it should not go to, the recording is supposed to be maintained in order to ensure what has happened during the trip, said the source.
In the inquiry conducted by the event, it appears that the data from both the voice recording from the cockpit as the tachograph, Flight Data Recorder, was deleted. Inquiry was instead based primarily on interviews with pilots and Stefan Christensen of The Board, in charge of the investigation and wrote the report, saying it still went well - this time.
- This time it went well but the recordings but another time perhaps it is not so. Then it's unfortunate if data gets lost on the way.
Someone in Ryanair's organization has printed off the fuse for voice recording, after the plane landed. Recording records the last two hours of conversation in the cockpit, then it starts over again and the previously recorded material is erased. Who tampered with the audio recording, and why has neither the Investigation or Ryanair pilots learned.
- If it is so that we as investigative organization requires recording so we have the right to take part of it, but in this case, the company has put it out of use. If there is a decision made at the management of Ryanair or whether it is an individual technician who acted, we never got clarity, only the pilots had done right and saved the information. Often the plane off afterwards and then wants you might not have the standing for several days pending investigation says Stefan Christensen.
But in this case, was the plane standing at Skavsta anyway.
- Yes, that means really think that the recording should have been left behind, says Stefan Christensen.