The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board’s (TSB) appeal of the order for production of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). The TSB will now have to release the CVR to the plaintiffs, along with the defendants Airbus, HIAA and Nav Canada. The CVR is instrumental in determining liability. After a three year delay caused by the TSB’s appeals, The plaintiffs will now return to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to determine next steps to the trial on common issues. A copy of the SCC reasons may be found under Documents.