The Concorde, a symbol of supersonic travel, met a tragic end with the crash of Flight 4590. This story details the ...

Denver-based Boom Technology's XB-1 demonstrator plane hit Mach 1.122 — 750 mph. It's the first independently developed ...

Concorde was retired from service in 2003 ... The aircraft had faced declining passenger numbers following the Air France Flight 4590 crash in 2000, in which 109 people were killed shortly ...

The last commercial supersonic aircraft, Concorde, was retired in 2003 ... There were also safety concerns after the Air France Flight 4590 crash following a tire blowout on the runway at Paris ...

fly at speeds between Mach 1.2 to Mach 2.5. But a range of factors led to Concorde falling out of favour, including the fatal tragic crash of Air France Flight 4590 in 2000 which dented public ...

It was at this point in time that a catalog of different factors prompted Concorde's retirement (such as aviation's post-9/11 struggles, increased costs, and the crash of Air France flight 4590), with ...

Those familiar with Concorde's operational history at British Airways ... founding member was tragically cut short after its involvement in the crash of Air France flight 4590 in July of 2000. As the ...

A deadly crash more than two decades ago hastened the jet’s demise. On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel and exploded shortly after takeoff in Paris, killing all 109 ...

The 1973 stock market crash and an oil crisis in the same year made airlines rather cautious about aircraft that consumed a lot of fuel. Reports suggested that Concorde achieved a per-passenger fuel ...