How the Crash of Flight 4590 Destroyed Concorde’s Magic | Up in Flames. On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. Find out how this crash ended Concorde’s era. | TheFlightChannel

The Concorde jet was synonymous with luxury air travel until this horrific crash in 2000. See what went wrong on Air Disasters: Concorde - Up in Flames: http://bit.ly/2X4X0UE | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

Speed and luxury defined the Concorde ✈️. Developed in the 1970s through a groundbreaking partnership between French and British engineers, it promised a new era of supersonic travel. Flying faster than the speed of sound cut travel times by more than half, but the iconic jet faced limits. Sonic booms restricted it to transoceanic routes, and rising costs, noise issues, and accidents eventually led to its retirement after 27 years of service. On this day in 2003, the Concorde made its final tran

July 25, 2000: Concorde Flight 4590 has just surpassed ‘V1’ or ‘decision speed’ as it speeds up for takeoff. There’s no turning back from there–not even when a raging fire breaks out in a rear engine. Air Disasters airs all night starting at 8 PM. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

📅 #OTD in 2000 – When Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet, crashes in Paris just seconds after takeoff, a mysterious strip of metal discovered on the runway points to an unprecedented explanation. 📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube: 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw9PyD7ElCY | Mayday / Air Crash Investigation / Air Disasters