![]() ![]() Transformed into a careening fireball, the Concorde barely managed to get airborne, reaching an altitude of just 200 feet. But midway through the takeoff, in an astonishing scene witnessed by dozens of people, the Concorde caught fire and was soon blasting the tarmac with a plume of flames longer than the airliner itself. The plane’s four Rolls-Royce engines came online with a terrific roar, and the Concorde began to hurtle down the runway. In 24 years of service, the Concorde had never experienced a single fatality. Air France Flight 4590 was scheduled to fly to New York City at speeds of up to 1,350 miles per hour, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in just three and a half hours. A s the Concorde prepared to take off from Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris on the afternoon of July 25, 2000, nothing seemed amiss.
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