Concorde trial
Continental Airlines cleared in Concorde crash case
A French appeals court Thursday overturned a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines and a mechanic for the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113…
Concorde defendants face new trial for 2000 crash
Six parties accused of responsibility in the 2000 Concorde crash that claimed 113 lives go on trial again Thursday in Paris as the court reconsiders technical evidence. A 2010…
Court finds Continental Airlines responsible for Concorde crash
US airline Continental has been found criminally responsible for the fatal 2000 Concorde crash. The crash killed 113 people and bought the era of supersonic passenger flights to…
Court finds Continental Airlines guilty for Concorde crash
A French court has found Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics guilty of manslaughter over the 2000 Concorde crash that killed 113 people. The company was fined 200,000…
French court set to rule on Concorde crash
A decade after a supersonic Concorde jet crashed into a hotel outside Paris just after taking off, a French court is to finally rule Monday whether it was European engineers or…
Concorde crash trial verdict due in December
Relatives of the 113 people killed in the 2000 Concorde crash near Paris will have to wait until December 6 for a verdict in the trial that ended in France on Friday.
Prosecutors seek suspended sentence for ex-Concorde chief
French prosecutors called for a two-year suspended jail term Friday for Henri Perrier, the former head of the Concorde programme, over the deadly crash of the supersonic jet near…
The dream of supersonic air travel
As a trial opens to establish responsibility for the fatal crash of an Air France Concorde jet outside Paris ten years ago, we take a look back at the crown jewel of…
Ten years on, French court asks who's to blame for Concorde crash
US airline Continental and three French aviation officials went on trial outside Paris on Tuesday in connection with the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde leaving Charles…
Who's to blame for the disaster?
The long awaited Concorde crash trial opens almost a decade after an Air France Concorde burst into flames and crashed killing 113 people. What caused the disaster? An abandoned…
Concorde: a timeline
Ten years after a fiery Paris crash ended the dream of supersonic travel, a French court will try to determine who was to blame for the Concorde disaster that grounded three…
Ten years on, Concorde crash trial set to open
Supersonic travel came to an abrupt halt after a Concord flight crashed in 2000, killing 113 people. Accusations and counter-accusations abound as US airline Continental and…