Originally Posted by
green granite
...to decide what caused the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000....
Sadly, no. It's not the court that can "decide" what happened.
What caused the crash is already well known, even if some contributary factors can be argued (the Swiss cheese arguments, etc.).
The current court case is ridiculous, an unfortunate consequence of the French legal system, and of course a rich dog's dinner for the lawyers for the parties involved.
Their "verdict" will be futile... even more so since the aircraft is no longer flying.
Nevertheless, thanks for opening a separate thread on the subject!
We have an interesting 'technical' thread going on the Tech Log forum, and this may prevent it being polluted by an endless rehash of the crash story.
CJ