Whats also interesting about this story is the suggestion that somehow the
arab crew are a bunch of monkeys who are completely overawed by this western
technology. Reading the report it seems as though both the ground and flight
crew were at fault to some degree but the less formal description reads more
like a 19th century description of the native africans. Yes yes those silly
arabs. Lets not forget some of the French activities, their covering over of
the details of the concorde crash are well known, how about their habit of
conducting industrial espionage at charles de gaulle airport or their losing
a bomb at muraroa atoll.