In more than a quarter century of flying, the Concorde never lost a fight with speed. Sculpted and fitted with musclebound engines to spear the sound barrier, it was a fighter jet for the well heeled, ...

A freak ‘single cause’ accident was blamed when an Air France Concorde crashed in flames last year. But a number of avoidable errors may have played a part in the disaster, writes David Rose It is an ...

Of all the commercial aircraft that have been in operation since the beginning days of flight technology, the Concorde stands alone as the fastest and longest-serving supersonic airliner. The aircraft ...

The 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 marked the tragic downfall of the iconic Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial airliner. What began with a piece of debris on the runway set off a ...

THESE are the chilling final words of a Concorde pilot after his plane caught on fire and crashed just 77 seconds into a flight leaving 113 passengers dead. It comes after a transcript from the dire ...

Pilot: "Up to 100, 150" (followed by unclear words, sound of switch). "Top" (noise similar to engines increasing power).

The Concorde was called many things in its lifetime: sleek, sexy, supersonically sublime. Ricky Bastin: It was the speed. It was the grace. It was the pace. A magnificent flying machine that cruised ...

The famous plane was heading from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to New York and ploughed into a hotel in the small town of Gonesse, just one minute 17 seconds after its pilot was told it was on ...

IT’S been 24 years since the catastrophic Concorde was engulfed by a fireball and went crashing down, killing 113 people. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 plummeted to the ground shortly after ...

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