Mont Blanc Tunnel, shut down three years ago after a deadly accident killed more than three dozen people, will open to cars on Saturday.

The Mont Blanc Tunnel, shut down three years ago after an accident which killed more than three dozen people, is to open to cars on Saturday.

More than 15 months after an Air France Concorde crashed in a ball of flame, the world's only supersonic jetliner returned to the skies today - making its long-awaited commercial comeback during one of the worst slumps in aviation history.

With long and tearful hugs, family members and friends gathered under a scorching sun today to remember the 113 people who died when an Air France Concorde crashed in a Paris suburb exactly one year ago.

Air France has been given permission to fly a Concorde round trip from Paris for tests amid hopes of returning the grounded supersonic fleet to the sky.