Continental Airlines / Concord [Merged]

[Mayfly]

10 Years after the Concord crash in Paris Continental Airlines & 5 indivuals go on trial.

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=92476

[Yorkie]

I don't know the ins and outs of aviation policy, but wouldn't it be the responsibility of the airport owner owner or the company running it to ensure that there is no FOD and the runway was clear?

yes if there are breaches in engineering at continental, prosecute them. but not manslaughter.

I would have thought that the two men from Aerospatiale would have been more at fault knowing about the fault on concorde.

[Sooty655]

You have to remember that the former French policy of immediate surrender has been replaced by a "Blame someone else" approach.

[Checkflaps]

After the 'BEA' ignored the firemen who were closest to the scene as it started, the investigation kinda falls short in my opinion .

The fact that flames were seen well before the strip of metal was located on the runway. The wheel spacers that meant that Concorde was wobbly and pulled to the left. It was a downwind takeoff. The runway surface was very poor for the first 1/3 of the takeoff run (hastily resurfaced before any investigation of its poor state was carried out). They added more fuel than required to get to the runway. There was extra baggage on board that was not calculated for. The FE shut down an engine without authorisation of the captain.

Basically, there was SO much more wrong with this accident than simply a piece of FOD from Continental aircraft. I suspect that much of this 'ignored' evidence will pop up in court and the prosecution will not have much of a leg to stand on. IMHO

G

[Mayfly]

I must admit the whole incident stinks!!!!

[Dan4th]

Yeah, I've always read that there's plenty
of blame to go around here, and I think
what we're seeing is just the human need
to punish Someone, ANYONE, when things
go wrong.

Waste of Time and Money, IMHO....

D.

[Gaz]

It's the whole thing of, if you blame enough people, nobody will actually get charged with anything

[Xplumberlives]

You have to remember that the former French policy of immediate surrender has been replaced by a "Blame someone else" approach.

Indeed!

[Dan4th]

You have to remember that the former French policy of immediate surrender has been replaced by a "Blame someone else" approach.

Indeed!

But NEVER NEVER NEVER Themselves!

Sacre Bleu!!!!!!!!!

D.

[Xplumberlives]

Indeed deux!

[Gaz]

Go on Google. Search for french military victories. Click on "I'm feeling lucky"

[Xplumberlives]

Go on Google. Search for french military victories. Click on "I'm feeling lucky"

I fear I don't have long enough for the search to complete!

[Gaz]

Go on Google. Search for french military victories. Click on "I'm feeling lucky"

I fear I don't have long enough for the search to complete!

I just like the alternative that google offers!

[Xplumberlives]

OK, I'll give it a go!




Didn't take long

[Thumper]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8492561.stm

[Bovril]

from what you read on the subject it still looks like a french cover up

After the 'BEA' ignored the firemen who were closest to the scene as it started, the investigation kinda falls short in my opinion .

The fact that flames were seen well before the strip of metal was located on the runway. The wheel spacers that meant that Concorde was wobbly and pulled to the left. It was a downwind takeoff. The runway surface was very poor for the first 1/3 of the takeoff run (hastily resurfaced before any investigation of its poor state was carried out). They added more fuel than required to get to the runway. There was extra baggage on board that was not calculated for. The FE shut down an engine without authorisation of the captain.

Basically, there was SO much more wrong with this accident than simply a piece of FOD from Continental aircraft. I suspect that much of this 'ignored' evidence will pop up in court and the prosecution will not have much of a leg to stand on. IMHO

G