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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-12-08 05:32 AM
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Prosecutor seeks Concorde charges
Source: beeb

A French prosecutor has asked judges to bring manslaughter charges against US airline Continental over the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000.

The prosecutor also recommended similar charges against two Continental employees and two French officials.

One hundred and thirteen people died in the crash outside Paris.

A French inquiry said it was caused by a metal strip from a Continental Airlines plane, which shredded one of the Concorde's tyres as it took off.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7291269.stm
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