John Taylor, a Continental Airlines mechanic, has been brought up on charges related to the trial for the July 25, 2000, Concorde Flight 4590 crash that killed 113 people. The plane went down shortly after takeoff due to a metal strip it ran over during its departure. The strip fell off another Continental flight that departed just before Flight 4590. The strip was welded by Taylor.The Guardian: Concorde crash judge puts Continental Airlines on trial for manslaughter (July 3, 2008)
Trial Details
Inspectors say that Henri Perrier, a director at Aerospatiale (maker of the Concorde) is scheduled to appear in court. Former chief engineer for Concorde, Jacques Herubel and a former member of a French civil aviation watchdog, Claude Frantzen, are all included in the charges.BBC.com: Five to face Concorde crash trial (July 3, 2008)
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Stanley Ford, Continental Airlines' chief maintenance official, has also been implicated in the trial
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109 people on board were killed
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Four people on the ground were killed
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Flight 4590 departed Charles de Gaulle Airport
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Flight 4590 was scheduled to arrive in New York City
