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The 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 marked the tragic downfall of the iconic Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial ...
The Concorde was the world's longest-serving supersonic airliner. It could cross the Atlantic in record time. Learn why this ...
Concorde is a story of joy, of emotion, of technical prowess," said Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, an Air France staffer, before the flight departed with 58 passengers, three pilots and eight cabin crew.
Supersonic aircraft have been criticized by environmentalists for burning more fuel per passenger than comparable subsonic ...
Air France and British Airways announced they would be retiring their fleet of Concorde planes on April 10, 2003. Later that year, in October, the supersonic passenger airplane had its final flight.
Air India flight AI 171 crashed in India's Ahmedabad, a Concorde crash outside the French capital of Paris changed aviation ...
Air France grounded its Concorde fleet after a crash in the Paris suburb of Gonesse on July 25, 2000, that killed 109 people on the plane and four on the ground. Britain followed suit weeks later.
Air France says its aircraft could have at least seven more years of service. Air France Concorde F-BTSC had undergone heavy routine maintenance less than a week before it crashed, according to ...
The legendary Concorde is set to make a high-speed comeback by 2026, fifty years after its first groundbreaking flight.
April 18 -- Air France has offered $1.5 million to relatives of each person killed in last year's Concorde disaster, according to a published report. If accepted, the $145 million settlement would ...
PARIS (AP) -- An Air France Concorde en route to New York City crashed outside Paris shortly after takeoff Tuesday, slamming into a hotel and restaurant. All 109 people aboard were reported killed ...