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On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history. [1]
May 14, 2024 · Air France flight 4590, flight of a Concorde supersonic airplane that crashed in Gonesse, a suburb of Paris, on July 25, 2000. The airplane went down in flames almost immediately after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and 4 others on the ground.
May 2, 2011 · This was the only fatal crash of a Concorde. It was the beginning of the end for the Concorde as an airliner; the type was retired three years later. Using cuts from the Air Crash...
Nov 13, 2009 · An Air France Concorde jet crashes upon takeoff in Paris on July 25, 2000, killing 109 passengers and crew onboard as well as four people on the ground.
Oct 4, 2018 · On July 25, 2000, the chartered Concorde jet, en route to America, crashed and killed all 109 passengers and crew onboard and four people on the ground. Urgent questions immediately arose....
Jul 25, 2022 · The accident investigation revealed that Air France 4590’s right front tire on the left main landing gear was destroyed after having run over a strip of metal debris shed by a Continental Airlines DC-10-30, which departed on the runway just five minutes prior.
Jan 20, 2017 · But the horrific 2000 crash of flight 4590 marked a turning point for this iconic aviation brand. ...more. The Concorde was once the peak of cutting-edge aircraft design and a status symbol for...
Nov 8, 2022 · Less than a minute and a half after commencing its takeoff roll, flight 4590 crashed onto a hotel at “La Patte d’Oie” in Gonesse at the intersection of the N17 and D902 roads. All 100 passengers and nine crew on board perished, along with four people on the ground. What caused the crash?
Jan 6, 2003 · Concorde: What went wrong? The preliminary report on the 25 July crash of Air France Concorde flight 4590 focused on a burst tyre, but left key questions still to be answered.
Jul 23, 2019 · The first incident occurred in July 1993 at London Heathrow Airport (LHR), when a British Airways Concorde, registered as G-BOAF, landed from New York (JFK). After landing smoothly and applying reverse thrust, the pilot applied wheel brakes.
