United States air carrier Continental Airlines and two of their employees have been charged over the crash of Air France Flight 4590. The disaster involved a Concorde crash on July 25, 2000 near Charles de Gaulle International Airport , Paris, France that killed all 109 on board and four more on the ground. It was carrying mostly German tourists to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The crash occurred after a metal strip detached from a Continental DC-10 that departed before the Concorde and was left behind on the runway. When Concorde took off afterwards it hit the strip, which punctured a tyre. As the tyre disintegrated a piece of debris punctured a fuel tank, triggering a large fire as the jet took off. The badly damaged aircraft crashed into a hotel before it was able to perform an emergency landing. The final report was not released until 2004. Three further individuals have been charged as well. Henri Perrier, head of the initial Concorde programme at Aerospatiale , Jacques Herubel, Concorde chief engineer at the time and Claude Frantzen, ex-head of technical services at the French civil aviation authority are all facing charges. The charges are primarily for involuntary manslaughter .
United States air carrier Continental Airlines and two of their employees have been charged over the crash of . The disaster involved a crash on July 25, 2000 near , Paris, France that killed all 109 on board and four more on the ground. It was carrying mostly German tourists to in New York. The crash occurred after a metal strip detached from a Continental that departed before the Concorde and was left behind on the runway. When Concorde took off afterwards it hit the strip, which punctured a tyre. As the tyre disintegrated a piece of debris punctured a fuel tank, triggering a large fire as the jet took off. The badly damaged aircraft crashed into a hotel before it was able to perform an emergency landing. The final report was not released until 2004. Three further individuals have been charged as well. Henri Perrier, head of the initial Concorde programme at , Jacques Herubel, Concorde chief engineer at the time and Claude Frantzen, ex-head of technical services at the French civil aviation authority are all facing charges. The charges are primarily for .
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Air France Flight 4590.
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Concorde
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Charles de Gaulle International Airport
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
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DC-10
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Aerospatiale
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involuntary manslaughter