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CONCORDE GETS THROUGH SAFETY TESTS

FRANCE, A France Concorde supersonic jet, grounded since last July's fatal crash near Paris, got through two safety and technical tests' weeks. The spokesman for European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) said: "the tests have given us absolute satisfaction". The company has been carrying out the trials on an Air France Concorde at a military base in Southern France and now it is going...

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Rome, Italy, 02/07/2001 16:33
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