Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde crash, Jul 25, 2000 (113 killed)
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde accident on July 25, 2000 near Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France with 113 fatalities. Cause: Tyre burst after running over debris...
- Date: July 25, 2000
- Aircraft: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Location: Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France
- Fatalities: 113
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Tyre burst after running over debris from a previous aircraft, followed by fuel tank rupture and ignition of leaking fuel. The fire spread and engine power loss, plus the inability to retract the landing gear, led to the crash.
Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde charter to New York, lost a tyre on takeoff from Paris after running over a metal strip left by an earlier aircraft. Debris from the tyre ruptured a fuel tank, and fuel leaking onto hot engine parts or an electrical arc ignited a fire under the left wing. The aircraft could not climb away and crashed into a hotel at Gonesse, killing all 109 aboard and 4 people on the ground.