Halifax documentary: SRF renounces broadcasting
A documentary co-researched by Schweizer Fernsehen Radio posits the thesis that the Swissair crash off Halifax in 1998 was a targeted attack. SRF has now decided not to broadcast the film.
Editor-in-chief Diego Yanez explained to the news agency SDA that the results of the research so far do not justify broadcasting the program at this time. He confirmed a corresponding article in Blick on Wednesday, according to which SRF is therefore refraining from publication.
According to the current state of knowledge, the results would not go beyond circumstantial evidence and speculation. According to Yanez, it cannot be SRF's job to spread speculation. SRF would only show the film if its own research led to results that went beyond circumstantial evidence.
The film was produced together with the Canadian state broadcaster CBC and argues that evidence relating to the crash was concealed and that the results of the four-year accident investigation were manipulated. According to the report, the airplane disaster was not caused by a cable fire in the on-board entertainment system, but by a targeted attack with an incendiary device. However, the investigating authorities had ruled out an attack from the outset.
