Accident in Venezuela on 16 August 2005
9 september 2005
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Work has been completed at the BEA on reading out the flight recorders from the West Caribbean Airways MD 82 involved in the accident near Maracaibo (Venezuela) on 16 August 2005. Copies of the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) recordings have been given to the representatives of the four States involved in the technical investigation. The data recovered has not made it possible, at this stage of the investigation, to determine the exact circumstances of the accident, due to the quality of some of the recorded data fields. Additional work will be required, within the context of the technical investigation led by Venezuela. It should be noted that investigations into this accident are also being undertaken by the French and Venezuelan judicial authorities. These authorities followed the work carried out at the BEA and copies of the recordings have been given to them. |