BA grounds Concorde prior to suspension of airworthiness certificate

Updated: 23:36, Tuesday, 15 August 2000

There are doubts about the future of the Concorde supersonic aircraft after British Airways announced that it has grounded its fleet of supersonic Concorde planes.

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There are doubts about the future of the Concorde supersonic aircraft after British Airways announced that it has grounded its fleet of supersonic Concorde planes. This comes after British and French aviation authorities indicated they were about to suspend the planes certificate of airworthiness. A spokesman for British Airways said that the decision follows last month's crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris killing all 113 passengers and crew. The Civil Aviation Authority is to hold a news conference tomorrow at which it will state what new findings have come to light about the crash.

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