But the horrific 2000 crash of flight 4590 marked a turning point for this iconic aviation brand. The Concorde was once the peak of cutting-edge aircraft design and a status symbol for the world's ...

Real Engineering What Actually Happened to the Concorde Posted: March 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 31, 2025 The 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 marked the tragic downfall of the iconic ...

One fact is certain: The 40-centimeter (16-inch) long metal plate did not come from the doomed Concorde ... in determining what caused Air France Flight 4590 to crash. One aviation expert said ...

French president Jacques Chirac was almost killed in the Concorde crash in Paris in July 2000, a new book claims. On that day, the burning Air France Concorde passed within seven yards of an Air ...

The offer came as an Air France Concorde was due to take off from Paris today for a check of its new tyres in only the fourth flight since the crash. Flight expert Elmar Giemulla, former interior ...

British Airways has taken the “unprecedented step” of canceling two Concorde flights ... its transatlantic flight. Share prices in Air France fell following news of the crash, closing 3.5 ...

as well as the later return flight from New York, the airline said. BA suspended Concorde flights for one day following the crash of an Air France Concorde on July 25 which killed 113 people.