US airline chiefs summoned over Concorde crash

FRENCH prosecutors summoned two US airline executives for questioning yesterday after another report into the fatal Concorde crash outside Paris found a metal strip from one of their airliners caused the crash.

US airline chiefs summoned over Concorde crash

The decision to question Gordon Bethune, chairman of Continental Airlines, and his chief operating officer Larry Kellner came after judicial experts concluded that the crash outside Paris was caused by a wear strip that fell from one of their jetliners.

The Air France Concorde exploded in flames minutes after take-off from Charles de Gaulle airport on July 25, 2000, and slammed into a hotel, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground.

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