Wednesday, March 14, 2012

DEBRIS DID CAUSE CONCORDE CRASH

THE official report into the Paris Concorde crash has confirmedthe long-held theory that a piece of debris on the runway sparked theevents that caused the supersonic jet to dive to the ground, killing113 people.

The conclusion is part of a 400-page final report released byFrance's Accident Investigation Bureau, known by its French initials,BEA.

The report, which is also critical of the aircraft's owners AirFrance, marks an end to the investigation into what caused the jet -which was partly designed in Bristol - to crash minutes after take-off from Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris on July 25, 2000.

A legal investigation aimed at determining …

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