Bearfoil
"...Thus, any information about the investigation from any other source is null and void if it has not been confirmed by the BEA.".....
The authority has not denied the rumor. It is possible they merely wished not to respond to it, granting it a small credibility...... BUT, if they consider this possible, neither can they revoke it, they cannot foreclose what may be the conclusion in the end
I aggree. the BEA response is exactly what I would have expected whether the rumor contains elements of the truth or not.
Any other response would lead to an inevitable game of twenty questions.