Citation
Indicator n°
JUDICIARY POLICE
with the
Office of the
Public Prosecutor of Brussels
Sent to the Examining Magistrate Vandermeersch
Section: CRIMINAL
PRO JUSTITIA
Attachment 29
Brussels, 10 October 1995
Prof. Commissioner in Chief to the DJs
The year nineteen hundred and ninety-five, the tenth of October, at 10:15.
Annex(es): 0
Interview: 1
N°: 41 652
We, Michel Waterplas
Principal Commissioner to the Judicial Affairs Office, Support to the
Public Prosecutor of the Arrondissement of Brussels, hereby state that we
have made telephone contact with Mr Frank Durinckx, author of the
annexed letter, head of the Security Service of the Ministry for
Communications and Infrastructure, Air Navigation Department.
Continued from report n°
(e)
of
Following
the
duties
prescribed by the Examining
magistrate Vandermeersch
According to Mr Durinckx, an inquiry was opened by the ICAO
(International Civil Aviation Organisation) after the attack on the
presidential aeroplane relating to the technical causes of the crash.
The ICAO is a specialised organisation of the United Nations competent in
air navigation.
Endorsement:
Case: 57/95
In view of the lack of collaboration of the Rwandan authorities and the
political implications, this inquiry has however never really succeeded.
of 14/9/95
Under the responsibility of X
In respect of
international law
crimes
Mr Durinckx has notified us that the press release stating that the French
was allegedly in possession of the black box was denied by them on
28/6/94.
of
According to the French General Directorate for Civil Aviation (DGAC),
there was apparently no black box on the presidential aeroplane.
On public complaint
Subject:
Information
-o-
It should be indicated that this craft was a Falcon 50 Mystère, registration
9XRNN.
According to Mr Durinckx additional information, with a view to
establishing whether or not a black box existed on the presidential
aeroplane, could probably be obtained from the manufacturer Dassault
who, if appropriate, must have installed the said box.
5/1080
Continuation n° 1 to report number 41.652/95
Still according to Mr Durinckx, the so-called black box that Commander Baril at one time
claimed to have, and which was shown on television, was not one at all.
Mr Durinckx also notified us that at the time, when he undertook his investigation into the plane
crash, he had been in contact with Burundi with his Burundian colleague, Mr Bizimane, airport
manager at Bujumbura. This man at the time had said that he had, from the control tower of
Bujumbura, followed the flight in question and listened to the radio communications that had
taken place.
Mr Bizimane had raised anomalies on this subject. We are not in possession of any other
elements on this subject.
[to be verified by Col Nurengera]
Mr Durinckx did not know whether or not these radio communications were recorded at the
airport of Bujumbura.
DULY ACKNOWLEDGED
