Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety

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Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety
Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile
Agency overview
Formed1946
JurisdictionFrench territory and French aircraft
HeadquartersLe Bourget Airport
Employees96 (December 2019)
Agency executive
  • Rémi Jouty, Director (since 2014)
Parent agency French Ministry of Transport
Websitebea.aero/en/

The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (French: Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, BEA) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those investigations.

Its headquarters are at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in Le Bourget, near Paris. The BEA has 96 employees in 2019, including 30 investigators and 12 investigative assistants.[1] It is under the authority of the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing.[2]

The BEA was created in 1946.[1] It operates under, amongst other texts, the French civil aviation and transports codes.[3]

Following international rules, French authorities are responsible for investigating all aircraft accidents occurring in French territory or airspace, as well as accidents involving French aircraft occurring in international airspace or in other countries if the local authorities do not open a technical enquiry. They may also assist foreign investigation authorities at their request.[4] They are also the investigating party for all Airbus aircraft.[5]

Since 1 January 2014, the head of the BEA has been Rémi Jouty, engineer general of the Bridges, Waters and Forests,[6] succeeding Jean-Paul Troadec.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Who are we? Archived 2 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine" Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile. Retrieved on 8 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Report Incident on 2 May 2009 on approach to Antalya (Turkey) to the Boeing 737-300 registered F-GFUF operated by Europe Airpost." (Archive) Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. 1. Retrieved on 26 May 2011. "Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile – Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement"
  3. ^ "Regulatory framework". Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile. 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Article L1621-2 du Code des transports". Légifrance (in French).
  5. ^ Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation and repealing Directive 94/56/EC
  6. ^ Arrêté du 19 décembre 2013 portant nomination du directeur du Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile (BEA) (in fr)
  7. ^ "BEA Annual Report 2012" (PDF). BEA Annual Report 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.