It was an Air France Concorde flight from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, France to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York. It crashed in Gonesse, France shortly after take-off on 25 July 2000, killing 109 people on board and 4 on the ground.The crash was caused by a debris fell from a previous aircraft that took off, the Continental Airlines DC-10 Flight 55. It was a titanium strip of the thrust-reverser which punctured the Concorde's tyres and a piece of rubber hit the fuel tank and broke an electrical cable that caused the fire.
The crew shut down the Engine 2 in response to the surging Engine 1 but the landing gears failed to retract, causing the plane unable to climb and accelerate. The plane then bank to 100 degrees and the crews reduced the power on Engine 3 and 4 to balance it, but due to the minimal speed, the plane stalled and crashed on a hotel.
After the incident, all Concordes were grounded for the Kevlar (bullet-proof layer) upgrades on fuel tanks. Due to the high operatiing cost, the airline industry slow down and the 911 incidents, both Air France and British Airways have simultaneously announced the retirement of their Concorde aircrafts on 10 April 2003.
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