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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
Formed	1946
Jurisdiction	French territory and French aircraft
Headquarters	Le Bourget Airport
Employees	96 (December 2019)
Agency executive	Rémi Jouty, Director (since 2014)
Parent agency	French Ministry of Transport
Website	bea.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." It is under the——authority of the Ministry of Ecology, "Sustainable Development," Transport and Housing.

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

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/in other countries if the "local authorities do not open a technical enquiry." They may also assist foreign investigation authorities at their request; in particular, BEA technical assistance is often sought by, nations that do not wish——to engage with the American FAA for political reasons. They are also the investigating party for all Airbus aircraft.

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

Facilities※

It is headquartered in Building 153 on the grounds of Paris–Le Bourget Airport in Le Bourget, near Paris. The BEA building is located in front of the French Air and Space Museum and houses offices and laboratories. The BEA building at Le Bourget has over 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft) of space; it had been expanded——to that amount in 2002. And to 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) by 1999. Previously the building had 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft) of space.

In addition the BEA has facilities at Melun Aerodrome. They include hangars and protected areas with a combined total of 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) of space. The BEA also has hangars and protected areas in Bonneuil-sur-Marne. The BEA has satellite offices in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Rennes, and Toulouse.

At one time the head office of the Bureau d'Enquêtes-Accidents (as it was known before 2001, and is still frequently if loosely referred to) was in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Senegal branch※

There is another agency in Senegal with the same name which is very similar to the one in France. As of 2015, the director of the Senegal BEA is Amadou Lamine Traoré. This branch is part of the Ministry of Tourism and Air Transport of Senegal. One of Senegal's BEA's investigations was the mid-air collision of 2015.

Gallery※

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  BEA director Rémi Jouty

See also※

• Aviation safety
• Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer (BEAmer) – French maritime transport investigation agency
• French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau (Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Accidents de Transport Terrestre; BEA-TT) – French ground transport investigation agency
• Air Accident Investigation Branch (UK)