The 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 making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those investigations.

Founded in 1962, under its former name, Bureau Enquetes-Accidents, the BEA conducts its investigations following protocols defined by the ICAO. As of November, 2001, the agency was reformed into the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, which retains the abbreviation BEA.

Agency oversight is provided by the Inspector General for civil aviation and the French minister for responsible for civil aviation.

See also

• Air safety
• National Transportation Safety Board, the United States counterpart agency.
• Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the Canada counterpart agency.
• Air Accidents Investigation Branch, the United Kingdom counterpart agency.
• Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung, the Germany conterpart agency.

External links

• BEA website

French government agencies | Air crash investigators | Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses