Originally Posted by Iron Duck
... attacking AF, BEA, Aeroports de Paris, etc.
Originally Posted by wings folded
... the agency responsible to investigate accidents ...
Slight confusion here, I think.
The
BEA is the "Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses", which is the French equivalent of the British AAIB or American NTSB. They investigate, analyse and report, and come up with a "probable cause".
What you are thinking of is the
DGAC, the Direction Générale d'Aviation Civile", which is the French equivalent of the British CAA and the American FAA. They are the ones that deal with rule-making, airworthiness, safety, etc.
And one of the five people in the "box" (Claude Frantzen) was indeed an official from the DGAC.
CJ