Airline and mechanic blamed for Concorde disaster

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.

Mon, 06 Dec, 2010 - 16:47

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.

The airline was ordered to pay Air France €1m for damaging its reputation, and fined €200,000.

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