BEA report - what it is saying in french
Will Frazer/Willy B. I'm afraid there might be a gross misunderstanding of the warning foreword (Avertissement p.1)
"This document has been prepared on the basis of the the first elements gathered during the investigation, without any analysis and even - given the continuing absence of wreckage, the flight recorders, radar tracks and direct testimony - without any description of the circumstances of the accident."
This means the report is made ONLY with the information gathered during the investigation.
- There was no analysis of the data coming from FDR/VCR (available to the investigation team) as they have not even been found
- There was no direct testimony (available to the investigation team) as nobody was there to tell what they have seen.
- There was even no wreckage and no radar track available.
This is clearly stating (to a french speaking person):
This report is not the final one (because it is using only the first elements found, other might be found at a later stage) and, we have nothing available to help us understand, only what was found, with only our eyes to see it and our brains to try to understand what could have caused what we see (= we are the first ones to try to figure out what happened and we know nothing of the major facts: no wreckage to see, no analysis of the FR done by experts because there is no FR available yet, and nobody has seen the crash...).
It is a very humble statement, they know -and they are writing it without any ambiguity- the finding of the wreckage, the finding and analysis of the FR data might completely change the picture.
Again I hope this helps...