@jcjeant:
The "false assertion" is that the BEA tries to avoid attaching responsibility to Airbus - which is indeed untrue, but distinct (to some extent) from the point you made about the BEA not being an NGO (which is true).
France may be traditionally associated as the major player in Airbus, but there are other countries involved too. Like the AAIB and NTSB, the BEA is a government agency - but crucially it is completely distinct from the regulator (the equivalents of which would be the UK CAA, US FAA and the French DGAC). Certainly in the last two decades, the BEA has treated Airbus as it would any other manufacturer.
Last edited by DozyWannabe; 23rd May 2012 at 23:20.