Guide Note
Claude Frantzen is a former official with the French civil aviation authority. He is one of five defendants charged with manslaughter, for negligence that may have led to the crash of Air France Concorde flight 4590, in the year 2000. The crash killed all 109 passengers, as well as four others. It was reportedly caused by a fuel tank explosion due to debris on the runway.
Fast Facts
- Retired official of French civil aviation authority
- Was head of technical services for agency
- In charge of certifying the plane as airworthy
- Crash occurred July 25, 2000
- Site of crash: Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
- Acquitted in 2006 case concerning a 1992 crash
- Co-defendants: Henri Perrier, Jacques Herubel, John Taylor, Stanley Ford
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