Air Crash Investigations: The End of the Concorde Era, the Crash of Air France Flight 4590
Download or Read eBook Air Crash Investigations: The End of the Concorde Era, the Crash of Air France Flight 4590 PDF written by George Cramoisi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : George Cramoisi |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 534 |
| Release | : 2010-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780557849505 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0557849500 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Air Crash Investigations: The End of the Concorde Era, the Crash of Air France Flight 4590 by : George Cramoisi
Book excerpt: On Tuesday 25 July 2000 Air France Flight AFR 4590, a Concorde registered F-BTSC, took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle, to undertake a charter flight to New York with nine crew members and one hundred passengers on board. During takeoff from runway 26 right at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, a tyre was damaged. A major fire broke out. The aircraft was unable to gain height or speed and crashed onto a hotel, killing all 109 people on board and 4 on the ground. The crash would become the end of the Concorde era.
