Pontoise

PARIS/PONTOISE - A court trial resulting from the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde aircraft came to an end Friday in France, with a verdict expected in December.

PONTOISE, France - A French court on Wednesday rejected defense lawyers' requests to call off the long-awaited trial on the crash of a Concorde supersonic jet - a decision clearing the way for four months of intense debate on who was to blame.

PONTOISE, France - A French court put Continental Airlines and five aviation officials on trial Tuesday for the horrific Air France Concorde crash that that killed 113 people and foreshadowed the end of the elegant, supersonic jet.

PONTOISE, France - Ten years after an Air France Concorde crashed, killing 113 people and foreshadowing the end of the jet that embodied elegance at supersonic speed, a French court on Tuesday begins probing an elusive question: Who was to blame? The trial in Pontoise, north of Paris, could last four months as the court debates who should be held responsible for the July 25, 2000 crash of the jet, which plunged into a hotel minutes after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle airport, trailing a tail of flames.