French Court Hears Appeals in Concorde Accident
Continental Airlines seeks to have its conviction in Concorde crash overturned
Moments after takeoff, Air France Flight 4590 was in flames.
Moments after takeoff, Air France Flight 4590 was in flames.

With the potential of creating far-ranging consequences to a devastating accident more than a decade ago, the stage was set in a French court last Thursday to overturn the verdict against Continental Airlines in the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde supersonic transport (SST) in Paris. Opening arguments were heard in an appeals court in Versailles to consider the U.S. carrier's request to purge its 2010 involuntary manslaughter verdict, as well as that of one of its mechanics. A number of French defendants originally found not guilty may be retried as well.