Because in that particular accident the interest was due to the Canadian fatalities, our status under ICAO annex 13 was limited to “expert”. We immediately, following that accident, tried to become involved. We contacted the Ethiopian investigation agency and worked closely with central agencies in our own government and with diplomats, but unfortunately we were never able to.... We even sent an investigator to Paris to attend the download of the recorders, which we were never allowed to participate in because of our limited status under annex 13. But we tried.
