Five to face Concorde crash trial

by Sanjay Jha | July 3, 2008 at 06:16 am | 334 views | 5 comments

Finally French judicial officials have given go ahead for the trial of Concorde crash accused

Five people are to stand trial over the Concorde crash near Paris eight years ago which killed 113 people, French judicial officials say.
They are said to be two employees of Continental Airlines, two from Concorde maker Aerospatiale, and the French civilian aviation authority.
The trial will take place in two to three months' time, the officials say.
The plane burst into flames shortly after take-off from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on 25 July 2000.

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Sanjay Jha

at 06:23 on July 3rd, 2008

BREAKING:

Sanjay Jha, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

Rhonda J Mangus

at 06:33 on July 3rd, 2008

good stuff:

Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Tomitheos

at 10:30 on July 3rd, 2008

good stuff:

Sanjay Jha, have been waiting for this

I like this story. It's good stuff.

rahul

at 11:15 on July 3rd, 2008

good stuff:

Sanjay Jha, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Rachel Nixon

at 11:17 on July 3rd, 2008

NOT BREAKING:

Hey, Sanjay Jha, thanks for getting this up so quickly... I'm removing the urgent flag for this story for the time being. If there are any new developments, please let me know.