French magistrate opens murder inquiry into TWA airliner crash

Friday 30 August 1996 23:02 BST

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AFrench magistrate has opened a murder inquiry into the crash of the TWA airliner off New York last month after families of the French victims of the disaster complained of a lack of information, a lawyer said yesterday.

The lawyer, Gilles-Jean Portejoie, said the French inquiry, headed by a Paris magistrate, Chantal Perdrix, "should not be interpreted as an act of distrust in American investigators".

All 230 passengers and crew aboard the Paris-bound TWA airliner, including 45 French citizens, were killed when it exploded over the Atlantic just after take-off. Reuter - Paris

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