Date: | July 25, 2000 |
Location: | Gonesse, France |
Aircraft: | Aerospatiale BAe Concorde 101 |
Reg: | F-BTSC |
Airline: | Air France |
Flight No: | 4590 |
Fatalities: | 109 : 109 +4 |
An Air France Concorde took off from Charles de Gaulle airport with port engines ablaze. Moments later, it crashed into a hotel-restaurant complex killing all 109 aboard along with 4 on the ground. A piece of debris on the runway caused a tire to burst and puncture a fuel tank. |