Concorde Criminal Crash Trial May Scare Witnesses
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French criminal investigations into airplane disasters such as the deadly July 2000 Concorde crash put the flying public at risk by intimidating people with key information, lawyers and safety experts say.
Even if Continental Airlines Inc. and five individuals are cleared by judges in Pontoise, France, on Dec. 6 of manslaughter charges related to the crash that killed 113 people, witnesses may be reluctant to participate in the future for fear of being targeted by prosecutors.