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Ebook "More than 75 years devoted to air safety"

Even before airplanes made their first flights, the aeronautic industry, then primarily represented by balloon flights, felt the need to organize this new activity internationally to ensure the best possible safety. With the arrival of the first international commercial passenger flights, this became the responsibility of specialists, particularly during the accidents that unfortunately did not fail to occur.

These experts have built a long history of safety investigations, culminating in today's Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile (BEA), whose international reputation places it among the most experienced.

But its organization was long and chaotic from an administrative perspective.

Discover the past and present of the BEA in this exclusive 212-page e-book