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After its final flight across the Atlantic, in June 2003, Air France Concorde F-BVFA lands at Washington ... the day was a gloomy gray, with rain pouring down on the wings and fuselage.
LONDON -- The Concorde took a big step closer to resuming service Tuesday after British Airways completed its first supersonic test flight of the aircraft since last year's Air France crash near ...
The most recent addition to our collection is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built: the Concorde. Both Air France and British ... was a gloomy gray, with rain pouring down on the wings ...
PARIS - After 10 years of legal wrangling, a French court ruled Monday that Continental Airlines was responsible for the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people and contributed to ...
Air France and its insurers are suing Continental Airlines, alleging it contributed to the Concorde disaster that killed 113 people in July, a spokeswoman for the French airline said today.
British Airways was under pressure last night to ground Concorde after Air France suspended all its supersonic flights until further notice. British Airways was under pressure last night to ground ...
This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear NPR's archival audio. There was a time when you ...
The Concorde service was definitively retired in October 2003, three years after the crash of July 2000 that killed 113 people. On 25 July, Air France Flight 4590, operating the Paris-New York ...