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Continental Airlines could share responsibility for the Concorde's accident

Paris, France - Mixed with Air France as the magistracy talked about "An important defect" not enough taken into consideration by the carrier

US carrier, Continental Airlines, could be responsible as well for the Concorde’s accident in 2000 which killed 113 person: a French judge has ruled. The plane burst into flames after take-off from Roissy’s "Charles de Gaulle" Airport (Paris) crashing down immediately afterwards. The judge claimed a metal strip, which fell onto the runway from a Continental’s plane, played a "direct" role in the a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 109907
Rome, Italy, 12/15/2004 18:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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