Monday, March 5, 2012

French court set to rule on deadly Queen Mary 2 ocean liner accident

A French court was set to rule Monday on who was responsible for a deadly accident on the world's largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, before it set off on its maiden voyage.

A walkway collapsed in November 2003 during visitors day at the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire in western France, killing 15 and injuring 29 people weeks before the ship's first trip. In 2005, another person died of injuries sustained in the accident.

The verdict at the Saint-Nazaire court follows two weeks of testimony in October by families of victims and employees of the companies that built the ship and the walkway.

The company that built the ocean …

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