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France’s BEA has introduced safety digests and videos in a bid to improve the dissemination of safety lessons learned from incidents and accidents.

The French aviation accident authority is investing in more equipment to get better investigation results faster.

France's BEA has released its final report on a ground proximity event showing altimeter setting errors remain a serious threat.

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.

Neither Boeing’s nor Air France’s documentation explicitly mentions the effects of simultaneous actions on the controls, investigators note.

The pilots had poorly coordinated and acted in antagonist ways on the controls, a situation also known as dual input, the investigation concluded.

Pierre-Yves Huerre took on the leadership of the BEA as of Jan. 1 for a period of five years, replacing Remi Jouty.

The report on the Dec. 31, 2022, incident at Bordeaux Airport spotlights a widespread issue that has gone relatively unnoticed so far.

A serious incident involving an Embraer ERJ145 at Paris Orly was caused by inadequate action by both pilots, says France’s accident investigation bureau BEA.

French air accident investigation office BEA in 2022 saw an uptick in activity, thus reaching pre-pandemic levels.

A quasi CFIT involving an AirHub-operated Airbus A320 was the most serious incident in 2022 in France.

French air safety investigation bureau BEA has started an investigation after an Emirates-operated Airbus A380 was found damaged by a potential drone collision.

Characterized as a serious incident, the near collision between a business jet and a commercial aircraft resulted in a minimal vertical separation of 665 ft.

France’s public prosecutor has launched an appeal after a Paris court verdict cleared Air France and Airbus of charges from the 2009 crash of AF447.