Thanks 43 for refreshing my memory. You are quite correct. I've never flown the ATR and couldn't quite remember the details.
It was interesting though, watching Greg Feith slug it out with the French very publicly at that conference.
I seem to remember an episide of Air Crash Investigations dedicated to this mishap? Was the French reaction mentioned in the episode?
And for that matter, any other Accident Investigators out there had experience with the French?