Translation of Update on 2010/04/11 meeting between BEA and family representatives
Good mmorning all,
With reference to post #3325/11 april by auv-ee pse find hereunder a revised translation of the french article published in "Tour Hebdo".
Thierry Mariani, Secretary of State for Transport and Jean-Paul Troadec, Director of the Enquiries and Analysis Office (BEA) for the safety of the civil aviation, met today with the AF 447 Rio-Paris victims families information commitee together with the representatives of the Gendarmerie's Air Transport section and the Gendarmerie Nationale's criminal investigation institute.
The families and the BEA were able to discuss the organisation of the recuperation of the wreckage, one week after having been located. The ship " Ile de Sein", belonging to the french Group Alacatel Lucent in charge of the recuperation of the wreckage, will depart Cap Verde on 21 April without any families representative on board so as to "not affect the judicial procedure".
The ship is due to come back mid-june. The priority will be given to the technical enquiry and, if found, the recuperation of the flight recorders. The families have also been advised that attempts will be carried out to recuperate some victims bodies in order to meet the judicial enquiries. If it is at all possible to recuperate them, they will be identified in France and given back to their families asap.
"The operator's schedule given today can be modified if the recuperation operation requires more time", said Thierry Mariani. During this meeting the Secretary of State presented Philippe Vinogradoff, new ambassador for the relations with families, appointed by the government in order to be the sole interlocutor between the victims families and the various authorities of the concerned countries.