Originally Posted by
NigelOnDraft
We have heard, I believe, nothing from the BEA since that first Press Conference? So I suspect the whole thing is partially (or wholly?) out of their hands for now?
Anybody who knows more about police / air accident investigation protocols please chip in.
ICAO Annex 13 does not impose any obligation on the investigating AIB to release any information prior to the Preliminary Report, which becomes due 30 days after the accident.
And, if and when it is established that the deaths and injuries sustained in an occurrence are "self-inflicted or inflicted by other persons", then it ceases to be an Annex 13 investigation.