Concordes grounded The Air France Concorde crashed with the loss of all 109 people on board and four on the ground soon after take-off in July at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Continental Airlines which has already said that the strip came from one of its aircraft, declined to comment on the Flight International report. But Flight International said lawyers representing relatives of the 96 German passengers killed in the crash were pressing Continental to give details about the DC-10's repair history. All British Airways and Air France Concordes have been grounded since August as the investigation into the crash continues. BA is working to get Concorde back in the air by February 2001 and is pushing the aircraft's two manufacturers BAE Systems and European Aeronautic Space and Defence Co to have modifications in place by the end of the year, according to a report in the Financial Times on Monday.
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