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The timeline and causes of the crash were profiled in the premiere episode of the National Geographic documentary series Seconds From Disaster. [63] NBC aired a Dateline NBC documentary on the crash, its causes, and its legacy on 22 February 2009. [34] Channel 4 and Discovery Channel Canada aired a documentary called Concorde's Last Flight. [64]
On July 25, 2000, F-BTSC, as Air France Flight 4590, was hit by runway debris on takeoff, igniting the leaking fuel on the wing's fuel tank (part of the fuselage), and causing the aircraft to crash in the small French town of Gonesse, killing all 109 passengers and crew on board, as well as four on the ground. At the time of the accident, F ...
Christian Henri Marty (12 November 1945 – 25 July 2000) was a French pilot who served as the captain of Air France Flight 4590. Prior to the crash, Marty was an athlete in extreme sports. Prior to the crash, Marty was an athlete in extreme sports.
The fuel burn for Concorde was four times more than today’s British Airways Airbus A350, which carries three times as many passengers. Twenty-first-century travellers are far more comfortable.
Alain Claude Michel Bouillard is a French former investigator, for the French government agency Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA), of aircraft crashes, and was the chief investigator for the 2000 Concorde crash (Air France Flight 4590) and the Air France Flight 447 incident.
A fishing charter boat captain who rescued two parachuting Navy pilots after witnessing their unmanned fighter jet plummet into San Diego Bay described what he saw as something from a movie.. The ...
The New York Times' critic Janet Maslin wrote disparagingly that "'Concorde' is enough to persuade anyone to stay on the ground." [8] Box office receipts declined as the series progressed, and no further Airport films were produced, although media reports in the early 1980s suggested a fifth film was considered. [citation needed]
The Concorde banks, and the number one engine overheats. London control reports that the crash began with the overheating of the oven. The crew discovers the number one engine is now on fire, and they quickly extinguish it. The Concorde continues its descent as one passenger becomes hysterical. The plane then levels out at 9,000 feet.