Dave, thanks for taking the time to help me with the process. As you point out EADS-CASA – absent a data plate – can only provide indirect evidence. I'm sorry that I may have wasted your time. I'd worked out the logic – I just needed conformation, since I could not believe how daft the CNN news item was.
I await news (from France?) with some interest. If there where the expected correlation between the manufacturers data and the maintenance records, I should have expected an announcement long before now. I wonder if the silence indicates that all is not well in that regard?
Regards,
Bash.