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INTRO | | A week after the fatal Concorde crash in Paris came reports on plans for the Air France Concorde fleet and an incident on a British Airways Concorde. |
IN FULL | |  | Listen to the report in full |
 |  | 3rd August 2000
Concorde - one week on |
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NEWS 1 | | | Report 1 from BBC Paris Correspondent James Coomarasamy |
| | | A spokesman for the French Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that Air France’s five remaining Concordes will remain grounded for the time being. He said the decision had been taken because investigators looking into the causes of last week’s crash had failed to establish why it happened. As a result, a group of British and French civilaviation experts meeting in Paris had failed to come up with new proposals to improve Concorde’s security. The French Transport Minister had previously said that French Concordes wouldn’t take to the skies again until new safety measures had been put in place. Despite calls from some unions to restart the flights, the government has erred on the side of caution. |
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WORDS | | grounded - if an aeroplane is grounded, it means it is not allowed to fly civilaviation - flying which is not for military purposes to come up with - if you come up with an idea, you think of it, you create it take to the skies - fly erred on the side of caution - if you err on the side of caution you are very careful, perhaps much more careful than is really necessary |
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| NEWS 2 | | | Report 2 from Jane Hughes |
| | | British Airways says passengers reported a slight smell of petrol in the cabin of BA flight 003 bound for New York, so the captain decided to land the plane in Newfoundland as a precautionary measure. A spokeswoman said preliminary investigations showed the smell could have been fuel. Emergency services were put on standby at the airport in Gander, but the plane landed without incident. |
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| WORDS | | slight - not strong bound for - a plane's destination is where it is bound for a precautionary measure - an action taken before something bad happens is a precautionary measure preliminary - early, not final on standby - if you are on standby you are not working but are ready and prepared to work if you are needed incident - an incident is an action, something that happens which is usually negative |
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| | | Read about the background in BBC News Online |
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