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Collapse of "Charles de Gaulle" terminal: thermic variations would have caused the accident

Paris, France - As building was structurally complex, it was heat sensitive

Yesterday the French Minister of Transportation, Gilles de Robien, has received the first result of the report from the commission of inquiry on the Terminal 2E collapse at Paris International Airport (see for details AVIONEWS). It seems that the cement vault showed a crack already before the May 23 incident: the crack may have been caused by temperature variations. The President of the commission,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 114365
Rome, Italy, 02/16/2005 12:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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