The 2000 Concorde crash in France was a lot more complicated than we knew


The 2000 Concorde crash in France was a lot more complicated than we knew

A French appellate court this week overturned a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics in the case of the 2000 Concorde crash. While reports at the time almost exclusively blamed a tire that blew out after running over a strip of metal on the runway, it appears that there was a cascading series of human errors that ultimately resulted in the crash. There was plenty of blame to go around and this article is definitely worth a read.

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE CONCORDE DISASTER
November 29, 2012. A FRENCH APPEALS COURT TODAY overturned a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines for its role in the crash of an Air France Concorde outside Paris twelve years ago. Fl…

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