Air France Flight 4590
Air France Flight 4590 was a Concorde flight operated by Air France that crashed on 25 July 2000. The flight was supposed to go from Paris to New York City. Shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airplane crashed into a hotel in a suburb in nearby Gonesse, killing all 109 people on board plus 4 people on the ground.[1]
 F-BTSC, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1985 | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 July 2000 |
| Summary | Crashed on takeoff following debris strike and in-flight fire |
| Place | Gonesse, France 48°59′08″N 2°28′20″E / 48.98556°N 2.47222°ECoordinates: 48°59′08″N 2°28′20″E / 48.98556°N 2.47222°E |
| Passengers | 100 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 109 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Concorde |
| Airline/user | Air France[a] |
| Registration | F-BTSC |
| Flew from | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
| Flying to | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States |
The crash was caused by a piece of metal on the runway from a DC-10 that punctured one of the airplane's fuel tanks. This led to an engine fire, and the airplane lost power in its engines. The aircraft lost control due to the fire and crashed. This accident led to the temporary grounding of the Concorde fleet and changes in how the airplane was operated. The Concorde also decreased in popularity from the crash.
Air France Flight 4590 Media
N13067, the DC-10 involved in the accident sequence
N13067, the DC-10 involved, was scrapped at Mojave, California, in 2002.
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Notes
- ↑ On behalf of Peter Deilmann Cruises
References
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. Accident Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 F-BTSC, Tuesday 25 July 2000. asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-12.