Created Thu 3rd Jul 2008 6:21am PST by 
coolkraft
coolkraft 
Will Continental employees be convicted of "involuntary homicide and injuries" in Concorde crash?
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Created Thu 3rd Jul 2008 6:21am PST by coolkraft
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Suspended Thu 3rd Jul 2008 9:28am PST by 
ryanj
: The charges being laid on the continental employees may be homicide, checking now
ryanj: The charges being laid on the continental employees may be homicide, checking now
Unsuspended Thu 3rd Jul 2008 9:29am PST by ryanj: The charges are "involuntary homicide and injuries" editing to make that clear. May be same thing as manslaughter but it's best we define it as what the French are defining it as
ryanj: The charges are "involuntary homicide and injuries" editing to make that clear. May be same thing as manslaughter but it's best we define it as what the French are defining it as
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ryanj: Case still ongoing
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ryanj: was: "2009-07-31 23:59:00"
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: The trial begins February 2, 2010; we'll re-open until the end of January.
sqlman: The trial begins February 2, 2010; we'll re-open until the end of January. 
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In the US, this would be, AFAIK, akin to "involuntary manslaughter".
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,540950,00.html
a couple other articles from a quick google to ease Erik's mind
two british articles say continental airlines is being tried as well and faces the possibility of a very hefty fine::
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/03/concorde.trial
http://news.carrentals.co.uk/continental-to-face-concorde-disaster-trial-3422859.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=6628249
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