Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
I'm not sure what the relevance of the "international investigation community" is.
ICAO Annex 13 is clear - only the party leading an investigation (here, the Ethiopian AIB) is authorised to release information, and it decides what will be released when, not the operator, manufacturer or any of the other parties affiliated to the investigation.
That would be public releases, not to withhold information from other investigative agencies in the ICAO.