Section 2.2 "Crew Actions" (page 166): "The exceptional environment described above quite naturally led the FE to ask to shut down the engine. After reaching takeoff speed, the tyre of the number 2 wheel was cut by a metal strip (a wear strip) lying on the runway, which had fallen from the thrust reverser cowl door of the number 3 engine of a Continental Airlines DC-10 that had taken off from the same runway five minutes previously. As Air France had paid out 100 million to the families of the victims, Continental could be made to pay its share of that compensation payout. Unidentified voice on radio channel: Go on, Christian. She was staying in the Hotelissimo in Gonesse and had been in her room for just 30 minutes when the stricken Air France Concorde flight 4590 plummeted on to it, exploding upon impact killing 109 people on the plane and four on the ground. During its 27 years in service, Concorde had about 70 tyre- or wheel-related incidents, seven of which caused serious damage to the aircraft or were potentially catastrophic. Any effect on takeoff performance from this excess weight was negligible. 848 Concorde Crash Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images ASN Aircraft accident Arospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 F-BTSC Gonesse Negative; we are trying Le Bourget." It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history. "She was my daughter too.". Further maintenance work had been performed at Houston, Texas, but the strip had been neither manufactured nor installed in accordance with the procedures as defined by the manufacturer. She is especially proud of a framed photo of Kenza as bridesmaid at the wedding of the daughter of Tassadit's best friend, Djida Driss (54), from across the street in Garges. Top (noise similar to engines increasing power). New York-bound Air France Flight 4590 had malfunctioned during take-off, hitting debris on the runway that blew a tyre and sent it crashing in a ball of flames into her hotel. Four of the individuals were acquitted, but John Taylor, the Continental mechanic who fitted the metal strip that fell from the airliner was fined 1,700 and given a 15-month suspended jail sentence. Fire service leader: De Gaulle tower from fire service leader. 14:42.35 - Unidentified voice on radio channel: "Go on, Christian.". ", Djida and Tassadit met in France, but their families are from the same area of Kabylie and are distantly related through marriage. [18][19], A few days after the crash, all Air France Concordes were grounded, pending an investigation into the cause of the crash and possible remedies. On July 25, 2000, a fully booked flight of the Concorde was set to depart from the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport en route to New York. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground.