Mayday · SEASON 14
Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)
Episode 3 · 2015-01-19
- Documentary
- Drama
- Crime
Episode overview
On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 en route to New York City, USA, stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shorty after take off from Charles de Gaulle International Airport. The plane had struck foreign debris from a Continental Airlines DC-10 causing the plane's fuel tanks to ignite and the engines to fail. All of the 109 passengers and crew die in the incident and 4 on the ground.
45 minutes
Season 14 episodes
1. Choosing Sides (British Midland Flight 92)2015-01-05
2. Niki Lauda: Tragedy in the Air (Lauda Air Flight 004)2015-01-12
3. Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)2015-01-19
4. The Death of JFK Jr (Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II)2015-01-26
5. Vanishing Act (Varig Flight 254)2015-02-10
6. Accident or Assasination (Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45)2015-02-17
7. No Clear Options (Manx2 Flight 7100)2015-02-26
8. What Happened to MA370 (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370)2015-03-01
9. Sideswiped (Copa Airlines Flight 201)2015-03-10
10. The Final Push (FedEx Express Flight 80 & FedEx Express Flight 14)2015-03-17
11. Death in the Arctic (First Air Flight 6560)2015-03-24
