{"id":520,"date":"2010-12-08T23:54:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T05:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/car-accident-rain.com\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2010-12-08T23:54:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T05:54:36","slug":"continental-concorde-verdict-criminalization-of-crashes-may-have-chilling-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/car-accident-rain.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/continental-concorde-verdict-criminalization-of-crashes-may-have-chilling-effect.html","title":{"rendered":"Continental Concorde Verdict, ‘Criminalization’ Of Crashes, May Have Chilling Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\u00a0Continental Airlines’ conviction of involuntary homicide in a\u00a0crash that killed 113 people may “discourage open discussion of flight hazards,” The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n

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The story, “In Wake of Concorde Verdict, A Heated Air Safety Debate,” was\u00a0a reaction piece to a French court fining Continental $1.6 million\u00a0for the crash of an Air France Concorde a decade ago.<\/p>\r\n

The court found that Continental and one of its mechanics didn’t\u00a0properly maintain a plane, which dropped debris\u00a0on a runway at Charles de Gaulle airport in 20o0.\u00a0The Concorde hit the debris and damaged a tire,\u00a0sending\u00a0 rubber from that tire slamming into the plane and causing a fuel leak. The Concorde then crashed.<\/p>\r\n

“The trial is the\u00a0latest example of a world-wide trend to pursue criminal charges\u00a0in airliner accidents, which many aviation experts worry threatens to erode safety by\u00a0chilling early, open discussions of hazards,” The Journal reported.<\/p>\r\n

That is such a big fear that the International\u00a0Aviation Organization, part of the United Nations, will be asking\u00a0governments\u00a0“to avoid the criminalization\u00a0of mistakes,” according to The Journal.<\/p>\r\n

There is also the belief by some that the French Court found Continental guilty because the horrific crash was caused by non-French people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Continental plans to appeal the court’s decision.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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