US airline Continental and one of its mechanics were today convicted of causing the Air France Concorde crash that killed 113 people 10 years ago.

Virgin boss Richard Branson has called for a Concorde “summit” to look at ways of keeping the supersonic plane flying.

The British Civil Aviation Authority says there is less than a one in a billion chance Concorde will crash again.

British Airways plans to resume Concorde passenger flights in September, it was revealed today.

Air France has offered around £1m compensation for each of the Concorde disaster victims.