French Say Continental's Crash-Causing Part Was Substandard

The French Bureau Enquetes Accidents (BEA) has called into question the quality of the part thought to have caused the crash of the Air France Concorde. In its preliminary report, BEA said the width of the metal piece varied between 29 and 34 millimeters and holes were not drilled in regular...

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