Continental cleared of any crime over Concorde crash
- Published: 29 Nov 2012 at 21.47
- Online news: World
A French court on Thursday cleared Continental Airlines of any crime over the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde but upheld a ruling that the US airline bore civil responsibility for the disaster.
Remains of an Air France Concorde that crashed during takeoff, killing 113 people, in 2000 in northern Paris. A French court has cleared Continental Airlines of any crime over the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde but upheld a ruling that the US airline bore civil responsibility for the disaster.
The US airline had been convicted of involuntary homicide in 2010 on the basis of expert testimony that the crash of the supersonic jet was caused by a piece of metal that fell from one of its planes on to the runway at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport.
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