WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Air France officials Thursday acknowledged the airline had not made a design change intended to reduce the chance that tire blowouts on the Concorde would damage the supersonic ...

The Transportation Ministry grounded all Air France Concorde flights following the crash, and this week it decided to keep the ban in place until experts clarify what caused the disaster.

Real Engineering What Actually Happened to the Concorde Posted: March 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 31, 2025 The 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 marked the tragic downfall of the iconic ...

Rolls Royce, builder of the engines for Concorde airliners ... Share prices in Air France fell following news of the crash, closing 3.5 per cent lower.

There were 57 instances of Concorde planes suffering burst or punctured tyres before last July's Air France crash, according to an interim report by accident investigators. Of these incidents ...

Air France is to pay the relatives of Concorde crash victims around £1 million for each person lost in last year's disaster, it emerged today. The £100 million settlement makes it the biggest ...

Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and British Airways cited low passenger numbers and high maintenance costs. By the early noughties, the planes were outdated ...

The first UK-built Concorde flew from Filton, near Bristol, to Bahrain in 1969, entering regular service with Air France and British ... After an air crash at Paris in 2000, economic factors ...