Apiece of aircraft metal last week shifted industry attention from investigator's laboratory to judge's chambers when it was learned that Air France filed suit against Continental Airlines, implicating the U.S. carrier in the July 25 Concorde crash. BEA French accident investigators, who have not yet determined the probable causes of the crash, say a strip of metal lying on Runway 26R at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) caused the supersonic transport's tire blowout, which in turn triggered a catastrophic series of events.
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