Questions arise over Concorde ever flying again

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Aviation authorities in UK and France are planning to revoke Concorde jet's airworthiness certificate following the crash of Air France Concorde on Jul 25, 2000 outside Paris. Despite Air France's cancellation of its Concorde fleet since the accident, British Airways PLC on Aug 16 declared that it will resume its supersonic flights. According to British Airways, which planned to meet with Concorde's manufacturers and regulators, it had already imposed strict new procedures and checks because of the crash.

Europe, Government regulation, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Air Safety, Navigtn & Communictn, Aviation, Transportation law

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Experts: runway disaster was expectable

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Aviation experts attribute the crash of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ006 to runway incursions, wherein a plane enters a runway blocked by another plane or a piece of equipment. They say that runway incursions are one of the biggest threats to airline safety. The pilot of the Singapore Airlines B747-400 jet taxied onto a runway closed for construction, believing it was a nearby parallel runway. The jet hit a concrete barrier and construction equipment before breaking up into pieces and bursting into flames.

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Jet apparently was on wrong runway

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Aviation experts investigating the crash of a Singapore Airlines B747-400 jet in Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport believed the plane used the wrong runway and slammed into construction equipment during take- off. At least 81 of the 179 people aboard Flight SQ006 from Taipei to Los Angeles died after the jumbo jet broke into pieces and caught fire. Investigators said they found no wreckage or skid marks from the jet on the runway where the jet was supposed to take off.

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