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Old Sep 5, 2000 | 9:46 am
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By ELAINE GANLEY
The Associated Press

PARIS -- A stray length of metal that gashed a tire of a supersonic Concorde, leading to a fuel tank fire and dooming the flight, probably came from a Continental Airlines plane that took off on the same runway four minutes earlier, French investigators announced Monday.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/orego...1conco05.frame

Accidents happen. I don't see how anyone is liable. If any of you see the ethical grounds for adjudication, please tell me.

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