Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The NTSB, as a party to the investigation, had (not unreasonably) been pressing for the recorders to go to the USA, but despite their fierce independence from the FAA.....
Maybe from the FAA, but not so fierce when they use the Party System (c.f. TWA800, Boeing withholding critical information and the Rand report which still has not been implemented as far as I know).