Families whose loved ones died in the fiery crash of a supersonic Concorde jet 10 years ago joined together near Paris today, laying flowers at a monument to the dead and wandering the breezy field where the plane went down.

CONTINENTAL Airlines and five men went on trial yesterday for their alleged role in the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people in 2000 and ended an era of luxury supersonic travel.

A Continental Airlines executive went before an investigating judge near Paris today for questioning in the probe of the July 2000 crash of the Concorde supersonic jetliner .

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.