August 5, 2004
A Paris airport terminal which partially collapsed in May, killing four people, will reopen some sections to passengers in the second half of August, airport authority ADP said on Thursday.
A local government safety commission ruled on Thursday that all the necessary security measures were in place to allow portions of the terminal to reopen, Aeroports de Paris (ADP), the operator of Paris airports, said in a statement.
“This first stage will allow us to host around 10 flights daily and will have a positive initial effect on the functioning of the whole hub, which has been complicated by the transfer of flights previously departing from Terminal 2E,” it said.
ADP said that for safety and efficiency reasons, passengers would board through the former arrivals lounge and would be taken to airplanes via buses instead of jetways.
The terminal has been closed to passengers since May 23, when concrete, metal and glass crashed down from the roof of the flagship cylindrical boarding hall built at a cost of EUR750 million (USD$904 million) and first opened only a year ago.
An official report in July found that the main cause of the collapse was weakness in the concrete used for the roof of the futuristic terminal, but it did not apportion blame or comment on the future of the terminal.
Part of the termiAugust 5, 2004
A Paris airport terminal which partially collapsed in May, killing four people, will reopen some sections to passengers in the second half of August, airport authority ADP said on Thursday.
A local government safety commission ruled on Thursday that all the necessary security measures were in place to allow portions of the terminal to reopen, Aeroports de Paris (ADP), the operator of Paris airports, said in a statement.
“This first stage will allow us to host around 10 flights daily and will have a positive initial effect on the functioning of the whole hub, which has been complicated by the transfer of flights previously departing from Terminal 2E,” it said.
ADP said that for safety and efficiency reasons, passengers would board through the former arrivals lounge and would be taken to airplanes via buses instead of jetways.
The terminal has been closed to passengers since May 23, when concrete, metal and glass crashed down from the roof of the flagship cylindrical boarding hall built at a cost of EUR750 million (USD$904 million) and first opened only a year ago.
An official report in July found that the main cause of the collapse was weakness in the concrete used for the roof of the futuristic terminal, but it did not apportion blame or comment on the future of the terminal.
Part of the terminal was opened to staff in June, but ADP nonetheless vowed that it would demolish the boarding building if the structure was found to be flawed.
Such a move would be a big blow to its finances and image as it prepares for partial privatization.
The terminal is used mainly by national carrier Air France, which had incurred additional costs and delays by diverting flights to other terminals during what is one of the busiest seasons for air travel.
(Reuters)
nal was opened to staff in June, but ADP nonetheless vowed that it would demolish the boarding building if the structure was found to be flawed.
Such a move would be a big blow to its finances and image as it prepares for partial privatization.
The terminal is used mainly by national carrier Air France, which had incurred additional costs and delays by diverting flights to other terminals during what is one of the busiest seasons for air travel.
(Reuters)
By: Bmused55 - 6th August 2004 at 13:06
With all due respect, the building was previously certified as Safe, mere weeks before the collapse.
IMO, and this realy is just MO
This showsd another failure of the french authorities and their famed “cover ups”?
By: Jeanske_SN - 6th August 2004 at 12:37
Do they have a choice? They made sure that the building is safe for that part. If we can guarantee that to the passengers, then there is no problem.
Paris must have been running very chaotic and crowded now without the new terminal?
By: Bmused55 - 6th August 2004 at 09:55
The question is, with the knowledge that the rest of the terminal was constructed in the same manner, with the same materials, same design, same company and same budget as the part that collapsed… will people “want” to enter the terminal?
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August 5, 2004 at 5:26 pm