On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 took off from Paris en route to New York. The passengers were heading off on a Caribbean cruise, in what contemporary reports described as a "vacation of a ...

Air France Flight 4590 became one of the most horrifying aviation disasters in history after Concorde burst into flames moments after takeoff from Paris, killing all 113 people onboard and on the ...

A number of factors led to the Concorde ceasing all operations in 2003, including a fatal crash that killed 113 people in 2000 Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty The Concorde was the ...

Of all the commercial aircraft that have been in operation since the beginning days of flight technology, the Concorde stands alone as the fastest and longest-serving supersonic airliner. The aircraft ...

July 25 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1909, French pioneer aviator Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a "heavier-than-air machine" across the English Channel. It took him 36 minutes.

VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - A French appeals court on Thursday absolved Continental Airlines of blame for a 2000 Concorde crash that killed 113 people and cleared a mechanic at the U.S. airline of ...

PONTOISE, France (Reuters) - A French court Monday found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the U.S. airline guilty of involuntary manslaughter for their part in the 2000 Concorde crash, in a ...