Hi,
To me, a "large" hole would imply a significant enough size to reduce lift, which never happened due to a tyre burst.
Nothing to do with lift .. but with flow
The Concorde problem was hole (s) in the fuel tank !
And this happened to Concorde (Washington event) long time before the Gonesse accident.
The BEA is a different institution than it was in 1979
The BEA is exactly the same institution today than in 1979
a service of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC), which in turn supervised by the Minister of Transport
Same duties .. same hierarchy ...
Or tell me what is changed .... ?