An air craft disaster, new political regimes and efforts for peace made the year 2000 a year of momentous happenings. The IRA issued a statement that it would 'put its weapons beyond use' in an effort to ensure a peaceful future for Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, at the inquest into the Omagh bombings, the coroner put the blame solely on the IRA; also saying the four weeks of hearing evidence into the disaster was a harrowing experience he would never forget. In France, a tire blow out was blamed for the crash of a Concorde, killing 114 people.