Tag: Aircraft Safety
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Today In 2000: Air France Flight 4590 – How A 17-Inch Metal Strip Caused The Only Fatal Concorde Crash And Ended The Supersonic Era
On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic airliner, crashed just moments after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, becoming the only fatal accident involving the legendary Concorde during its 27 years of passenger service. In a tragic chain of events lasting barely more than a minute, all 109 people on…
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Today in 1959: The Lightning Strike That Triggered a Deadly Mid-Air Fuel Tank Explosion – The Tragic Story of TWA Flight 891
On June 26, 1959, one of aviation’s most unusual and devastating disasters unfolded over northern Italy when Trans World Airlines Flight 891 broke apart in mid-air after being struck by lightning. What made the accident especially remarkable was that the aircraft itself survived the lightning strike for only moments before an invisible chain reaction inside…
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