Ten years after 113 people died when a Concorde jet crashed into a hotel outside Paris, local officials say the country’s government has not done enough to protect people living near the airport.

“Seventy-five percent of air accidents have happened in taking off or landing in densely populated areas,” Gonesse Mayor Jean-Pierre Blazy said in a statement.
The town of Gonesse, located north of Paris, was scheduled to hold a memorial service Sunday to honor the 113 victims who died when the Concorde jet crashed there on July 25, 2000. Read the rest of this entry »