Originally Posted by
Shaggy Sheep Driver
Exactly. Like most it was a coming together of many factors - classic lining up of the holes in the cheese. The sad part is as you say, complacency and perhaps arrogance played a major role, to which I'd add a certain amount of attempted blame-deflection by AF after the tragedy.
Despicable.
quite - i wish to add again as mentioned in my post ---
no one has mentioned that the runway was not swept for the concorde's departure which
afaik was standard at CDG pre for all take offs - could you say then that was the root cause that started it all?
no - course not - as other factors had already slotted into place with others lining up so that theory throws Busters argument right out of the water - no disrespect intended but one has to say