Verification in Phase 5
In view of the controversy that has arisen from other accident investigations in recent times (to be deliberately unspecific), I wonder if anyone agrees that the BEA might be well advised to call on one or more other agencies, before starting phase 5, to witness and monitor the recovery of the recorders and any other parts or equipment the condition of which may be crucial to the success of this investigation.
The WHOI will be conducting the operation, and can hardly be considered to have any agenda in this matter, so that's a good start. But I think the presence of air accident investigators from one or two other nations when the stuff is hauled aboard the recovery ship might in the long run be well worth all the extra cost and inconvenience. Suitable candidates that immediately spring to mind are from Australia, the U.S, and the U.K., but no doubt there are several non-Anglophone countries with investigators of sufficient competence.
Chris