France's air accident investigation agency said it would lead the probe into an engine explosion that prompted the emergency landing of an Air France A380 superjumbo in Canada with more than 500 people on board on Saturday. <br/><br/>The decision to hand control to the BEA means investigators can begin planning the extensive search in potentially inhospitable terrain to find a missing 3-metre wide fan that ripped off the engine in midair. <br/><br/>Nobody was injured in the incident, in which Air France Flight 66, originating in Paris and bound for Los Angeles and diverted to Goose Bay in Labrador. <br/><br/>The BEA informed that the engine's main fan and inlet had become detached. It now plans with Danish help to search for the remaining component.