The cable laying ship Ile de Sein of Alcatel-Lucent and Louis Dreyfus Shipowner is leaving the port of Las Palmas (Canary Islands) today, with a robot Remora 6000 and operating team of Phoenix International Inc onboard. It should stop at the port of Dakar the night of Thursday 21 to Friday 22 April. A stop of a few hours is foreseen at Dakar to board the search team before heading to the accident zone.
"This team, directed by by the Director of the investigation, Alain Bouillard, with the assistance of three investigators of BEA, will be composed of:
- an investigator from AAIB (British equivalent of BEA) ;
- an investigator from CENIPA (Brazilian equivalent of BEA) ;
- three experts from Airbus ;
- one expert from Air France ;
- an American sonar imaging spécialist who has participated in phase 4 of the sea search ;
- a psychologist.
"Will equally be on on the ship: four Officers of the Judiciary Police (OPJ) assisted by three spécialists of the Institute of Criminal Research of the National Poliice (IRCGN)
"Phase 5 will begin with detailed observation of the accident site and the search for the flight recorders. Once found, they will be raised on board the Ile de Sein and immediately placéd under seal; they will then be taken by a national Navy ship to a French port, then flown to BEA under the responsibility of an OPJ officer.
"In the meantime, pieces of the aircraft useful for the investigation will be raised.
BEA reaffirms that raising bodies and personal effects remains under the responsibility of the judicial representatives."
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