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"O"man(are we in trouble)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: On the edge
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Concorde court settlement
This is interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/world/europe/07concorde.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |
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12-06-2010, 06:11 AM
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Bill is Dead.
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Alaska.
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Excerpts:
PARIS — A French judge ruled on Monday that Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were guilty of involuntary homicide for their role in the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde jet that killed 113 people. Continental said it would appeal the “absurd” ruling, which took more than a decade to work its way through the French courts. “To find that any crime was committed in this tragic accident is not supported either by the evidence at trial or by aviation authorities and experts around the world,” Nick Britton, a Continental spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement. Air France itself was not accused of wrongdoing and joined the case as a civil party in the hope of recouping damages from Continental.
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12-06-2010, 06:22 AM
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Our American legal/value system
Hey, at least we're exporting something these days.
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12-06-2010, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Hmmm, not surprising at all.
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12-06-2010, 08:39 AM
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Used to be Singpilot...
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sioux Falls, SD is what the reg says on the bus.
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It was a french Political statement. Look at the 'fines', all levied in absentia. Miniscule by our standards.
It took the french legal system 10 years of wrangling to come up with language that absolved all french interests of any blame. There was plenty of blame to go around. Most of it was very close to home, as it were... |
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12-06-2010, 06:42 PM
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Ducati
1987 Porsche 930 3.3T
