Hi,
The unreliability of eyewitness report has already been discussed in earlier posts.
If the justice follow this idea ... it will not be necessary in any judicial process to call eyewitness
It's of course unreasonable...
Unreliability of eyewitness dogma can't be a argument for discard them.
It can't not be common rule cause in the past for any cases some were unreliables
It's also know .. many eyewitness were very reliables.
And more .. in this case it's not one eyewitness .. but many and located in different aeras with differents point of view...
Are those eyewitness considered to have a collective hallucination ?
AFAIK ... the Concorde was a exeptionnal plane but not a UFO !
About the soot deposit and other material found ..etc .. those can been released well after the fire was initiated
Seem's to me .. something was discarded for comply with only one possibility ... the collision with the Continental part.
I'm convinced ... after the verdict in December and is expected ... many people will not be satisfied (for good or bad reasons) and remain convinced that the investigation and the judicial process were not fair or will not have been at the bottom of things.
Sure .. all will understand why the BEA emphasize on the metal strip and Continental emphasize on the witnesses reports
Also .. as there are no corrections to make to the plane (it will not fly anymore) the investigators and regulation bodies don't worry about the technical consequences that could have their findings
PS
We can not rely on the improbability of debris or foreign objects on a runway.
This is not surprising (and that is why the tracks are regularly inspected)
So an object or debris (not a Caterpillar) should not pose a threat as it involves the destruction of an airplane .. if it is well designed
The tires on the Concorde (and incidentally tanks) have been the source of many problems before Gonesse and have relied in many incidents.
Apparently .. they are also involved in the fatal accident (with or without foreign object)