Originally Posted by
Less Hair
The French are true diplomats. This is why many countries trust them to handle the information properly when they download these recorders. Like ET.
Being the manufacturing nation this time legally includes the French anyway in this accident investigation.
Some of the best leaks comes from Embassies. Also I am trying to imagine the delicate balance BEA would need to hold in case an airline (not AF obviously) put the reputation of Airbus at stake -like the "XX Air Airbus crash" where XX Air did every possible (or almost) mistake leading to an avoidable crash.