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Old 25th Mar 2019, 22:00
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BobM2
 
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Accident Investigation Rules

Most people are not aware of the international rules & protocols governing investigations of air transport accidents. The assigned lead investigating agency of a particular accident is the only one who can make public comment on the details of that investigation. In the case of ET302, the lead agency is Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. Any public comment concerning findings of the investigation must come only from them. Any of the other participants, Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing, FAA, NTSB, BEA, CFM, etc, who violates this rule will be immediately barred from further participation. So if some of the statements made by participants such as FAA or Boeing seem rather vague, that is the reason. A preliminary report is supposed to be issued within 30 days, which was done by Indonesia for the Lion Air crash.
The Ethiopian Airlines CEO was just quoted on TV news as saying a preliminary report should be out either this week or next, so stay tuned.
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