So Air Canada will really lose literally anybody’s luggage, huh?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Air Canada has fired back in a lawsuit by security firm Brink’s, saying the airline bears no responsibility for the daring theft of $23.8 million in gold and cash from its facilities at Toronto’s Pearson airport earlier this year.

In a Nov. 8 statement of defence, Air Canada rejected “each and every allegation” in the Brink’s suit, saying it fulfilled its carriage contracts and denying any improper or “careless” conduct.

In Federal Court filings last month that claim breach of contract and millions of dollars in damages, Brink’s said an “unidentified individual” gained access to the airline’s cargo warehouse and presented a “fraudulent” waybill shortly after an Air Canada flight from Zurich landed at Pearson.

It was delivered at Pearson just before 4 p.m. on a drizzly Monday, deposited at a glass-walled Air Canada warehouse on site at 5:50 p.m. and retrieved by the mysterious thief, who showed up 42 minutes later, the filings state.

Because Brink’s failed to pay an extra fee or make a “special declaration of interest in delivery,” Air Canada is not liable for losses, the statement of defence claims, citing the Montreal Convention, which applies to international flights.

However, the Brink’s filing argues that it did pay a premium and the waybills were clearly marked as “banknotes” and “goldbars,” on top of a warning on the paperwork: "Special supervision is requested.

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