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US airline to be tried over Concorde crash

American airline Continental and five individuals are to stand trial in France on manslaughter charges over the crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris in 2000.
The defendants include two of the airline's employees, two former members of the Concorde team and a French civil aviation official.
The Concorde crashed after its tyres were punctured by a stray piece of metal on take-off at Charles de Gaulle Airport. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News