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Feb. 2, 2010 / 8:22 AM

Concorde crash trial opens in Paris

NYP2001102930 - 29 OCTOBER 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: The Air France Concorde jet make it's first landing at Kennedy International Airport in New York City on October 29, 2001, since service was suspended last year after the catastophic crash in Paris killed 113 people. The trans-atlantic flight carried employees only as Air France plans to resume normal service next week. mg/Monika Graff UPI

NYP2001102930 - 29 OCTOBER 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: The Air France Concorde jet make it's first landing at Kennedy International Airport in New York City on October 29, 2001, since service was suspended last year after the catastophic crash in Paris killed 113 people. The trans-atlantic flight carried employees only as Air France plans to resume normal service next week. mg/Monika Graff UPI | License Photo

PARIS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Five individuals as well as Continental Airlines were facing trial in Paris Tuesday in the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde jet.

The people and the company are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the July 25, 2000, crash of Air France Flight 4590, which killed 113 people when it exploded shortly after takeoff from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, CNN reported.

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A 2004 investigation concluded a tire under the left wing blew up when it struck a small strip of titanium left on the runway by a Continental DC-10 which took off just before the Concorde, the U.S. broadcaster reported. Prosecutors allege the strip wasn't installed properly on the DC-10 engine, which has resulted in charges against the airline and two of its employees.

The crash has been widely regarded as the beginning of the end for supersonic passenger flights, with the last Concorde flight coming in 2003, Radio France Internationale reported.

The French broadcaster says Continental denies the metal strip is to blame for the crash, during which the Concorde's wing and one of its engines caught fire.

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