While the Concorde was losing sheen by the turn of the century, the tragic crash of Air France flight 4590, a Concorde service from Paris to New York, accelerated its decline even further.
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Ultimately, it was the fuel cost associated with the Concorde that made it a commercial failure, van der Linden said. Other incidents, including the fatal Air France Flight 4590 crash in 2000 ...
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 ...