Concorde
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Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation. Studies began in 1954 and a UK–France treaty followed in
Concorde after takeoff in 1986
British minister of technology Tony Benn (left) and Sud Aviation president Maurice Papon (right) during the presentation of the French Concorde prototype, December 1967.
British Airways Concorde in early BA livery at London-Heathrow Airport in the early 1980s
Concorde 001 first flight in 1969
Air France Flight 4590
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Air France Flight 4590 was an international charter flight from Paris to New York. On 25 July 2000, a Concorde passenger jet operating the flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people
Concorde
…1977 until a May 1978 crash, while a potential competitor, the Boeing 2707, was cancelled in 1971 before any prototypes were built. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after take-off with all 109 occupants and four on the ground killed. This was the only fatal incident involving Concorde; commercial…
The Concorde burning after having run over debris
F-BTSC, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in June 2000
N13067, the DC-10 involved in the accident sequence
N13067, the DC-10 involved, was scrapped at Mojave, California, in 2002.