Hi,
In the press (BEA)
Communiqu de presse, 12/02/2010
The ship must recover the wreckage of the Air France plane crashed into the sea off Brazil in 2009, will join the port of Dakar on the night of Thursday to Friday and should be in the area of the accident during the Easter weekend.
"A few hours stopover in Dakar is scheduled to ship before the investigation team to visit the area of the accident," said a statement from the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA).
The director of technical investigation, Alain Bouillard, will be assisted by three investigators from the BEA, a safety investigator from the AAIB (UK counterpart of BEA), an investigator security CENIP (Brazilian counterpart) of three experts from European manufacturer Airbus, an expert Air France, an American specialist imaging sonar that participated in Phase 4 research at sea and a psychologist.
In addition, four police officers (OPJ) and three specialists from the Institute of Criminal Research of the National Gendarmerie will be on board for the judicial side.
"Phase 5 will begin with the detailed observation of the accident site and search for flight recorders," said BEA. "Once located, they will be reassembled (...) and immediately placed under seal. They will then be escorted by a Navy ship to a French port, and then airlifted to BEA under the responsibility of an OPJ" , said the French agency.