And any investigation would be carried out by .....?
Excuse me if this has been asked and answered before but who would, in fact, be responsible to head up an investigation in the event that the Australian lead search did locate the aircraft? Australia?
Or any other nation for that matter.
It seems clear that since the most-likely search location fell inside the Australian SAR Zone that Australia would have responsibility to conduct a search.
This may or may not have precluded another nation from conducting it's own independent search in international waters. I don't know whether this is true or not.
But, having spent a squillion $, if the Australian search locates the aircraft, what happens then?
If (just as an example) the aircraft were to be located inside Australian waters then I would be fairly certain that the Australian ATSB would head up any enquiry.
However if it's found in the Australian (or French) SAR zone but in international waters, to which country does the responsibility for conducting an enquiry fall?
Last edited by WingNut60; 10th Aug 2015 at 21:06.