Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)

Overview

On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 en route to New York City, USA, stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shorty after take off from Charles de Gaulle International Airport. The plane had struck foreign debris from a Continental Airlines DC-10 causing the plane's fuel tanks to ignite and the engines to fail. All of the 109 passengers and crew die in the incident and 4 on the ground.

Guest Stars

Jeff Gruen

Captain Marty

Dwayne Bryshun

First Officer Marcot

Cory Cooper

Flight Engineer Jardinaud

Mark Caven

BEA Investigator Bouillard

Brian J. Graham

NTSB Investigator MacIntosh

Lawrence Cotton

French Investigator

Alain Patry

Air Traffic Controller Logelin

Gilles Logelin

Self