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25th Jul 2001, 23:59
O'Reilly, Collins & Danko Files Lawsuit in Houston Against Continental And Goodyear on Behalf of Families of Concorde's Crew
HOUSTON, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Terry O'Reilly and Michael S. Danko, two of the name partners of O'Reilly, Collins & Danko of San Mateo, California, one of the nation's best-known aviation plaintiffs' firms, announced today the filing of a lawsuit in Houston in Harris County Court against Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - news) and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT - news) on behalf of the families of five members of the crew of the Concorde plane that crashed in Paris on July 25, 2000. The five include Jean Marcot, the co-pilot; Huguette Le Gouadec, head flight attendant; and flight attendants Patrick Chevalier, Florence Eyquem-Fournel and Herve Garcia. All of the crew members are French citizens. Damages were unspecified in the filing.
Most of the families of passengers on the Concorde flight have already settled their claims. Families of the crew members, however, were not offered settlements.
French investigators concluded that a 17-inch metal wear strip that fell onto the runway at Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris caused a tire on the Concorde to burst during takeoff. Pieces of the tire were then thrown against the underside of a wing fuel tank. The fuel tank began leaking and the plane burst into flame and crashed soon after takeoff. All 109 passengers and crew on the plane were killed, in addition to four people on the ground.
A Continental DC-10, found to be missing a metal wear strip of the same shape and size as the one found on the runway, took off just five minutes before the Concorde. The suit alleges that the metal strip fell off the Continental DC-10 because Continental's personnel had not properly installed it when they serviced the aircraft 16 days before the crash.
O'Reilly, Collins & Danko has a 27-year history of representing the families of victims of airplane disasters, including the families of crew members.
HOUSTON, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Terry O'Reilly and Michael S. Danko, two of the name partners of O'Reilly, Collins & Danko of San Mateo, California, one of the nation's best-known aviation plaintiffs' firms, announced today the filing of a lawsuit in Houston in Harris County Court against Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - news) and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT - news) on behalf of the families of five members of the crew of the Concorde plane that crashed in Paris on July 25, 2000. The five include Jean Marcot, the co-pilot; Huguette Le Gouadec, head flight attendant; and flight attendants Patrick Chevalier, Florence Eyquem-Fournel and Herve Garcia. All of the crew members are French citizens. Damages were unspecified in the filing.
Most of the families of passengers on the Concorde flight have already settled their claims. Families of the crew members, however, were not offered settlements.
French investigators concluded that a 17-inch metal wear strip that fell onto the runway at Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris caused a tire on the Concorde to burst during takeoff. Pieces of the tire were then thrown against the underside of a wing fuel tank. The fuel tank began leaking and the plane burst into flame and crashed soon after takeoff. All 109 passengers and crew on the plane were killed, in addition to four people on the ground.
A Continental DC-10, found to be missing a metal wear strip of the same shape and size as the one found on the runway, took off just five minutes before the Concorde. The suit alleges that the metal strip fell off the Continental DC-10 because Continental's personnel had not properly installed it when they serviced the aircraft 16 days before the crash.
O'Reilly, Collins & Danko has a 27-year history of representing the families of victims of airplane disasters, including the families of crew members.