US airline to be tried over Concorde crash Posted 2 hours 33 minutes ago American airline Continental and five individuals are to stand trial in France on manslaughter charges over the crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris in 2000. The defendants include two of the airline's employees, two former members of the Concorde team and a French civil aviation official. The Concorde crashed after its tyres were punctured by a stray piece of metal on take-off at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Rubber from the tyres ruptured the plane's fuel tanks, causing a fire that killed 113 people. The part had fallen off a Continental Airlines DC-10 and the airline has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. It is claimed the strip of metal was titanium when safety rules dictated it should have been aluminium which is softer and less likely to puncture tyres. -BBC <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".