And this time EASA may well not rely on the FAA for lifting ban or even worse re-certification if required...
D.P. Davies required modifications to the B707 before it was allowed on the British register so the above scenario is very possible, especially if the French want to give Airbus a leg up.
I'm surprised we haven't seen the ambulance chasing lawyers descending on the victims families en mass yet. Those of us who remember the Bhopal disaster involving Union Carbide in 1984 will remember the spectacle.