Court to decide on Concorde case

A French court is today deciding whether to call off a long-awaited trial on the deadly crash of a Concorde supersonic jet on a technicality.

The trial over who should be held responsible for the crash that killed 113 people in 2000 has opened for a second day of debates.

The court is expected to decide today on requests that it be called off.

A lawyer for Continental Airlines, Inc says the indictment did not provide counterweights to accusations against the defendants, as is required.

Investigators say the crash was triggered by a metal strip on the runway that had fallen from a Continental DC-10, a claim the US carrier rejects.

Continental and five aviation industry employees are accused of manslaughter.