In a message dated 12/9/2004 12:39:01 AM Central Standard Time, travelpages@xxxxxxxxx writes: seriously -- if you break and leave a piece on an airliner on takeoff, where does responsibility begin and end and with whom? Forget type and maintenance and the "hype" of the SST disaster, it's plain rotten law -- in a country where you are guilty until proven innocent. It is not just French law. It is the law all over the world. If something falls off of your airplane, you are responsible for it. This has nothing to do with the system of criminal law. Besides, this is a tort