Concorde Crash

Ferrari have been unable to compete with Mercedes or Red Bull this season and last Sunday their drivers crashed into one another on the opening lap of the Styrian Grand Prix.

A French appeals court has overturned a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines for the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people, ruling Thursday that mistakes by the company's mechanics were not enough to make it legally responsible for the deaths.

Continental Airlines criticised Monday's "absurd" verdict by a French court which fined the carrier over the 2000 Concorde crash in which 113 people died, and confirmed it would appeal.The US airline said the court ruling was aimed at shifting blame away from Air France and French aviation authorities."We strongly disagree with the court's verdict ...

A French judge ruled on Monday that Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were guilty of involuntary homicide for their role in the 2000 crash of an Air France  Concorde jet that killed 113 people.Judge Dominique Andréassier of the court in Pontoise, northwest of Paris, ordered the American carrier to pay a fine of $265,000.John Taylo...

Was an abandoned scrap of metal on the runway really the main culprit in the fiery crash of an Air France Concorde shortly after takeoff?

Ferrari have been unable to compete with Mercedes or Red Bull this season and last Sunday their drivers crashed into one another on the opening lap of the Styrian Grand Prix.

A French appeals court has overturned a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines for the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people, ruling Thursday that mistakes by the company's mechanics were not enough to make it legally responsible for the deaths.

Continental Airlines criticised Monday's "absurd" verdict by a French court which fined the carrier over the 2000 Concorde crash in which 113 people died, and confirmed it would appeal.The US airline said the court ruling was aimed at shifting blame away from Air France and French aviation authorities."We strongly disagree with the court's verdict ...

A French judge ruled on Monday that Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were guilty of involuntary homicide for their role in the 2000 crash of an Air France  Concorde jet that killed 113 people.Judge Dominique Andréassier of the court in Pontoise, northwest of Paris, ordered the American carrier to pay a fine of $265,000.John Taylo...

Was an abandoned scrap of metal on the runway really the main culprit in the fiery crash of an Air France Concorde shortly after takeoff?