With regard to today's CBC article on the Transportation Safety Board's new recommendation for alpine-traversing aircraft to bear terrain detectors in the wake of a January 2006 air crash, a quote from the dead pilot's father belies his tenuous grasp on reality wherein he purportedly states that "Transport Canada ... directly caused the death of my son."

The extroardinary length of my preceding sentence notwithstanding, I take issue with the grieving father's remark: I do not believe that Transport Canada killed his son. According to the article, the plane crashed into the ground. In my opinion it is far more likely that, however unfortunate, the death was caused by the immediate deceleration of flesh into metal and earth.