The Crash of the Concorde

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The supersonic Concorde Jet erupts in flames while taking off and crashes into a nearby hotel. Air France Flight 4590 prepares for a routine flight to JFK International Airport. Everything seems normal as the plane taxis onto the runway, but disaster strikes during takeoff. Find out what happened to make this plane become a flying inferno and discover why the supersonic Concorde Jet is no longer used. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	July 25th, 2000 Air France 4590 prepares to depart Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport
0:09.2	as a charter flight with 100 passengers and 9 crew members.
0:12.6	The flight is taking off one hour behind schedule due to a maintenance issue.
0:16.1	At 4.40pm, the flight lines up on runway 26 right and begins its takeoff roll.
0:20.9	As it is accelerating to take off, flames erupt out of the plane's number 2 engine on the
0:24.9	left side of the plane.
0:26.2	Air traffic control contacts the captain to alert them that their plane is on fire.
0:29.7	The plane is too far down the runway to a board takeoff so the pilot has to pull back
0:32.8	on his controls and attempt to get the plane into the air.
0:35.5	The plane struggles to gain altitude, stalls and falls to the ground into a hotel near the
0:39.9	airport.
0:40.9	The crash kills all 109 on board as well as 4 people in the hotel.
0:44.3	What caused the concorde to catch fire and plummet to Earth?
0:46.6	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:51.8	Welcome to Black Box Down.
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0:54.8	Episode 3.
0:55.8	Welcome Chris.
0:56.8	Thank you.
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