Luxembourg Flight
On November 6, 2002, the crash of a Luxair plane near Niederanven was 22 dead. The trial of seven leaders of the airline Luxembourg opens October 10, 2011. And this for six weeks. LUXEMBOURG – As the trial of seven defendants implicated in the crash of luxemburg hotel Berlin-Luxembourg from November 6, 2002 drawing to a close, "Most Online" looks at the highlights of the hearings. Nine years after the tragedy that killed 20 people near the Findel, seven people were placed in eight weeks in the dock. Originally planned to last six weeks, the trial's most anticipated of the decade in Luxembourg has seen many twists and turns throughout the thirty scheduled hearings. Twists inside the courtroom, but also outside. In addition to the translation problem experienced at the start of trial was added to the illness of a civil party lawyers, not to mention a bomb threat to the city court. Result: the debate in the Ninth Criminal Division had to be extended and will end on Thursday. Lengthening the trial, however, mainly due to the content of the debate between two theories: first that of the pilot, Claude Poeckes, who denies any liability in the crash of the Fokker-50 and refers to a technical problem. On the other hand that of human error on the part of the crew. From these two theses, the court first considered the analysis of technical failure. The technicians responsible for maintenance and former officials have been in Luxair placed on the grill by the presiding judge, Prosper Klein. Failure to replace a defective part of the damaged aircraft has been singled out. Other failure highlighted the "system" that would have been set up by Luxair to "avoid the inefficiencies appear in the open," according to one of the civil party lawyers. But it is the study of the second thesis that has captured the most time in this lengthy trial. The highlight of the hearings has been listening to recordings of conversations of the pilots in the last 30 minutes of flight. Records marked both by the concern of the pilots on weather conditions, but also the willingness to ask quickly Findel "to poop." Only survivor of the crash with a passenger, the captain says his side Poeckes not remember the last minutes of flight, although it acknowledges "having made a mistake" in its approach to Findel. A fault which would not, however, the cause of the crash, he said. Speech difficult to hear for the families of victims. A discourse that has not satisfied the deputy chief of the prosecutor who declined to be three and a half years in prison and a fine against the driver. The hypothesis of technical failure is not totally excluded, Serge Wagner also requested a sentence of two years in prison and a fine against the former Director of Technical Services Luxair, and 18 months against the two former Mechanics responsible for maintenance of the Fokker-50. The release, however, has been requested for the three former directors of the airline charged. Requisitions that could be matched for a stay, according to the magistrate. The verdict is expected by March 27, 2012. Just to clarify: there was no translation problem in the beginning of the hearing, but a problem of sound that made the translation impossible. -One of the interpreters present at trial. Your comment will be published