WhyIsThereAir,
When the BEA is claiming transparency, it has to clearly put some basic data on paper :
“The last automatic report was 3 NM left of the airway”
One single line ... but not playing a childish game on the choice of words.
By the way, there is no doubt in the original version, which is in French, that the BEA had no intention whatsoever to bring forward any kind of deviation for that last automatic position report !
Originally Posted by french copy p. 71
jusqu’au dernier point de position automatique, reçu à 2 h 10 min 34, le vol s’est déroulé sur la route
prévue dans le plan de vol