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Accident would not have happened if the wear strip hadn't been on the runway. in the same trial, the former head of testing for concorde, former head engineer for concorde and a retired civil aviation chief are also tried for involuntary manslaughter. the trial debated the role of many factors, including debris on the runway, fuel load, baggage weight, scheduling pressure and a missing tire spacer. >> an accident is a series of events. all accidents are series of events. this one was many events coming together very tragically. >> the trial helps bring to light a confluence of factors that cou...

>> we found the part of a tank and small parts of the plane. we found also something which was not from the plane. it was a strip of metal. it was not a part of the concorde and it had nothing to do on the runway. >> how this piece of metal could have contributed to the crash is at first unclear, until another crucial clue is discovered. >> you can think of it as a jigsaw puzzle. what they found is they reassembled the tire parts that were on the runway that the pattern matched the piece of metal, so it was consistent with the tire having rolled over this piece of metal. >> the shape of the da...

That overpressured the system. in this case, the shock wave created an overpressure system. it's basically expanding in the tank, it blows it from inside out creating a hole for the fuel to leak out of. >> captured on camera by a passing truck, jet fuel begins spewing out of the wing and into the air, where it vaporizes and ignites. once the fire gets going, there is no way to stop it. >> as the roll picked up in magnitude, their ability to maintain level flight was degraded and the nose started down. >> ten years after the crash, continental airlines and two of its employees go on trial in pa...