Thursday - July 03, 2008

Oh, just give it up fwancois

A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people.

The prosecutor in the Paris suburb of Pontoise said two of the people to be tried are employees of the U.S. carrier. Two others were employed by Aerospatiale, the maker of the Concorde. The fifth is with the French civilian aviation authority.
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The Air France Concorde crashed after takeoff from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport in July 2000. The crash killed all 109 people on board and four on the ground.

French investigators blamed a titanium strip on the runway from a Continental Airlines DC-10.

The metal strip caused one of the Concorde’s tires to burst, which sent debris flying that punctured the jet’s fuel tanks. The French judicial inquiry also determined the tanks lacked sufficient protection from shock — and that Concorde’s makers had been aware of the weakness since 1979.

No no no mes amis, time itself she does not matter, the finger must be pointed. Heads they must roll. Someone must be blamed, and it certainly can not be the lowly serfs responsible for keeping the runway clean.

Is there any truth to the rumors that fwance is importing kangaroos to sit in judgement for this show trial? Because the whole thing stinks worse than a Parisian sewer. The airplane was built light so it could go fast, thus it wasn’t designed as strongly as other planes. Blame Aerospatiale for that? Mon deu, non! Well, not the whole company itself. Maybe one or two of the designers. Blame the airport workers for not sweeping the runway? Can’t have that. So, who else to stick this one on? Alors! First, we blame the Americaine company, because they have the money. Then we charge the workers who installed this bit of metal, even though we already know the bit was defective. But they put it on, and it fell off, thus they are to blame. Then we go after the designers. Next, let’s blame the government, of course, from whom all blessings flow, and who is responsible for everything in the end. Let’s see ... who to select? ... A ha! Msr. de l’aeroplane, the guy who was in charge of training at the fwench FAA.

After all these years, why bother? Is there any real “closure” to be gained here, or is this just an act of revenge? Or an extraordinarily drawn out game of CYA? The Concorde doesn’t even fly anymore. The crash was an accident; a bad part perhaps badly installed, a missed bit of trash on the runway, a weakness in the design, maybe even a poor tire. Hey, you guys forgot to charge Goodyear!

Posted by Drew458     on 07/03/2008 at 07:58 AM   
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