"narrator:" "Concorde,the airliner that makes supersonic travel a reality." "Sleek and graceful, flying at twice the speed of sound, a symbol of Prestige with a" "Perfect safety record." "But 113 people will perish in just 120 seconds." "Now, using cutting-edge computer technology, we reveal exactly what went wrong." "Disasters don't just happen." "They're triggered by a Chain of critical events." "Unravel the fateful decisions in those final seconds from disaster." "Europe." "France." "Paris." "July 25, 2000." "Charles DE Gaulle airport." "12:30 in the afternoon." "100 men, women, and children check in for air France Concorde flight 4590." "They come from all over Germany and are expecting the Trip of a lifetime." "A dream vacation costing at least $13,000 each." "It starts with a supersonic" "Flight on Concorde to New York." "Then a luxury cruise in the Caribbean." "For Jorge Mayer's Father, it's a special Treat to celebrate his retirement." "hehadhis65thbirthdayin 2000." "And he wanted this as a Treat" "For himself and his partner." "They both liked to travel, and it always had to be something a" "Bit special." "narrator:" "Concordeis a plane like no other." "Elegant, luxurious, and above all super fast." "Flying at more than 1,400 miles" "Per hour Concorde links North America to London or Paris in less than four hours." "Concorde's unique shape, with a pencil Thin cabin and VAST Delta wings, enable her to race" "Across the sky at nearly two miles every six seconds." "John Hutchinson flew Concorde" "For 15 years." "thebestwayofdescribing it is simply to say that it was" "A Thoroughbred, it was a beautiful, responsive, powerful aeroplane, like--I don't know," "Kentucky Derby Winner, if you like." "narrator:" "By1: 30,allof" "The passengers are checked in for their supersonic Trip." "The pilot, captain Christian" "Marty, is already in the cockpit preparing for the flight." "The vacationers are in good hands." "54-year-old Marty is one of air" "France's most experienced pilots and an adventurer of extraordinary talents." "In 1982, Christian Marty was the first Frenchman to windsurf across the Atlantic." "He is a national celebrity." "On board Concorde, captain Marty runs through his" "Preflight check." "His air traffic controller is the experienced Gilles logelin" "Who arrives to start his afternoon shift." "Iwason dutyatthe" "Southern control Tower of Paris airport, Charles DE Gaulle." "This particular day, I was not" "Supposed to work." "One of my colleagues the day before ask me for a transfer of" "Shifts, so he did my morning shift and I did his afternoon shift." "narrator:" "Withthechangeof shift comes an unexpected bonus." "Gilles logelin is now the" "Controller responsible for Concorde's departure." "theConcordeis oneofthe" "Most beautiful planes I have ever seen." "The Line is pure." "I really liked to watch this plane landing and taking off." "narrator:" "Duringhis" "Preflight check, captain Marty learns that engine number 2 has a technical fault." "A small part needs to be replaced." "It isn't serious, but with" "Concorde, safety is always Paramount." "After 40,000 flights and 900,000 flying hours, there has never been a fatality." "The repair delays Concorde's" "Departure by one hour." "The passengers start to board." "Among them are the eich family:" "Christian and Andrea and their" "Two young children maximillian and katarina." "Klaus and Margaret frentzen are" "Both schoolteachers who have saved for the Trip for 20 years." "Ordinary families off on an" "Extraordinary adventure." "At 4:35 in the afternoon, Concorde is ready to depart." "Anticipation on board mounts as the supersonic jet taxis to the runway." "In the control Tower, Gilles logelin clears air France flight 4590 for takeoff on" "Runway 26 right." "It's 4:40 in the afternoon." "So far, for passengers and" "Crew, everything is normal." "Captain Marty lines up the plane at the start of the" "Runway, ready to release the power of Concorde's four rolls Royce engines." "For Senior pilot John Hutchinson, a moment like this is always special." "asyouopenthe throttlesup to full power, you'd feel this huge surge of power in the" "Small of your back as the aeroplane accelerates down the runway, and you just get the" "Feeling that the one thing the aeroplane wants to do at that point is to get into the air as" "Quickly as possible, into its natural environment." "narrator:" "Inthecontrol Tower, Gilles logelin monitors the takeoff." "Iwaswatchingthe Concorde gaining power on the runway because it was so nice to see" "That." "It's a very heavy plane, so the beginning is quite slow." "Then he gains speed." "narrator:" "Concorde accelerates down the 13,000-foot runway." "It passes through 200 miles per hour." "Using computer graphics, we recreate what happens next." "For Giles logelin, it's a" "Moment of sheer horror." "suddenly,I sawflamesjust behind the body of the aircraft." "So I jumped on my Mike to say, "air France 4590 you have flames behind you."" "narrator:" "CaptainMarty cannot see the flames, but accelerating through 200 miles" "Per hour, Concorde is committed to the take off." "There is only 6,500 feet of" "Runway left, and Concorde needs at least 10,000 to have any chance of stopping safely." "afterthisspeed,whatever is the situation, the plane has to take off." "It could not abort the takeoff, and as I was watching the flames, I saw the nose of the" "Concorde lifting up." "narrator:" "At4: 43and15 seconds, captain Marty pulls on" "The control stick." "Concorde takes to the air." "This is how Concorde flight AF 4590 appears to witnesses." "Martine bornet works in an office on the Western edge of" "The airport at 4:44, she sees a terrifying sight." "Iwaslookingout ofmy" "Window, and I saw Concorde taking off very slowly.K k of TN fire, I was really afraid." "Because with all of the flames, I was convinced that the plane was going to explode right here" "In front of the office." "narrator:" "Thestricken airliner flies directly" "Overhead." "Close by, where Martine works, Courier Emmanuel vermingnon is" "Driving his Van past the end of the runway." "whentheConcordewentover ," "I had the window open, and I was wearing a Polo shirt, and I can tell you that the heat the" "Plane was belching out melted parts of my shirt and gave me little blisters." "I could really feel the heat on the ground." "narrator:" "Whilecaptain" "Marty struggles with the controls to gain altitude, out of his vision, flames engulf" "The left Wing." "The sickening sight is caught on camera by the wife of a" "Truck driver." "It is the only video footage ever captured showing Concorde" "On fire, and it will prove a vital Link in the investigation." ""seconds from disaster" will continue in a moment." 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"narrator:" "Welcomebackto "seconds from disaster." at Paris airport, a supersonic" "Concorde has just taken off, but now the plane is on fire, and 109 people on board are" "Facing peril." "The next 69 seconds will be critical." "4:43 and 30 seconds." "Concorde is struggling to remain in the air." "It's only 100 feet off the ground and the crippled plane is on a collision course." "The Town of gonesse and its 25,000 people Lie directly in its path." "Driving towards the gas station she owns in gonesse is Christine Turpin." "IwasreturningHomewhen  saw a plane." "It was Concorde with fire" "Coming out of the back of." "I slowed down and slowed down." "And I saw the plane in flames." "narrator:" "CaptainMartyis running out of options." "Concorde's left Wing is" "Disintegrating." "Businessman Patrick tesse is directly in the plane's path." "Iwasin my officetalking to an agency." "The window faces the runway," "And I was interrupted by an incredible noise." "It was Concorde." "It was on fire, and it was listing violently." "narrator:" "Concordelurches" "To the left." "The plane stalls and plunges to the ground." "It's 4:45." "It's the moment every air traffic controller dreads." "Gilles logelin reaches for his Mike." "IcalledairFrance,and" "I've said "air France 4590, do you hear me?" I said it twice." "There was no answer." "narrator:" "Thesupersonic jet, loaded with fuel and 109 people on board, crashes right" "On top of a hotel on the outskirts of gonesse." "A terrifying fireball tears" "Through the building." "British teacher Alice Brooking has just checked into a first" "Floor room." "soI wentto straightfor  the door of the room that I was" "In, saw all the flames, saw that there was no way out Via the stairs." "I leapt across the room." "I leapt across the bed to the window." "Saw luckily that the receptionist was already down in the car Park underneath me." "And he just said "you have to jump." narrator:" "Atthesametime ," "Christine Turpin also witnesses the explosion and fears the worst." "itfell,andfromwhereI was, I thought it had landed on the gas station, and I thought" "Because my daughter and the girl who works for me were there, that they were all dead." "narrator:" "AsChristine Turpin drives in, a passenger armrest Falls onto the gas" "Station." "A chilling reminder of the fate of Concorde's passengers." "whenyousawthe armrest, you couldn't help but imagine what it must have been like for" "The people onboard the plane." "narrator:" "Withineight minutes of the crash, dozens of" "Fire engines and ambulances race to the scene." "An appalling tragedy, not just" "For those on Concorde but also for those in the hotel." "Regional fire chief colonel" "Fabrice Chauvin leads the rescue." "whilstdriving,therewere" "Many things going through my mind." "The important thing for me was" "To divide the operation into two separate parts:" "One the aircraft crash, extinguishing" "The fire and the rescue of any survivors." "And two, organizing treatment" "For the wounded before they're evacuated to hospital." "narrator:" "Theintensityof" "The fire is so great that it will take three hours to bring it under control." "As these TV news images show, the charred remains of the airliner and the hotel are" "Unrecognizable." "The rescue attempts are futile." "113 people die." "4 from the hotel and 109 passengers and crew on Concorde." "Three generations of the eich family perish." "The children's grandparents had" "Wanted to Treat the family to the Trip of a lifetime and had booked the Concorde flight." "Schoolteachers Klaus and Margaret frentzen had saved for 20 years to fly on Concorde." "Rescuers begin the gruesome task of pulling the bodies from the crash site." "One of the hotel workers to die is a 19-year-old student kenza rachid." "She joined the staff of the hotelissimo only the day before the crash to EARN some extra" "Money." "Another victim is chamber maid devranee chundunsing." "She dies, leaving behind her two children." "Most of the bodies are burned" "Beyond recognition, and the forensic pathologists can only identify victims by their" "Dental Records." "It's a harrowing time for the victims' relatives, like Jorge" "Meyer." "oneofthemoredifficult things was the identification" "Of my Father and his partner." "One has to say:" "Nothing much remains of the passenger after" "An air crash." "That was difficult." "narrator:" "Jorgewillhaveto" "Wait two weeks before pathologists identify the remains of his Father." "The crash takes everyone by surprise." "Concorde, the Queen of the" "Skies, the plane that makes supersonic travel a reality, Peoples Dreams come True, had" "Never had a fatal accident until this moment." "It takes just 120 seconds to" "Shatter that perfect record." "Now, by rewinding the events of that fateful day and by going" "Deep into the investigation, we can reveal what really happened." "Cutting-edge computer" "Simulation will take us where no camera can go:" "Into the heart of the disaster zone." "The French bureau of air accidents sends its top investigators." "Using their data, we can now piece together the deadly Chain of events that caused this" "Terrible tragedy." "As the investigation begins, nothing is off limits." "Did pilot captain Marty make a fatal error?" "Or was there a fault hidden" "Within the perfect plane?" "Investigators make routine checks of the passenger and" "Luggage lists." "Immediately they find something suspicious: 19 pieces of" "Luggage that, according to the loading report, should not have been on the plane." "They don't belong to the passengers on flight AF 4590." "Could a terrorist have smuggled" "A bomb onto the plane?" "It wouldn't be the first time." "In 1988, 270 people died when a" "Terrorist bomb, planted in the luggage, exploded." "It destroyed a Pan am 747, the" "Infamous Lockerbie incident." "At gonesse, investigators divide the Concorde crash site" "Into a grid in order to make a meticulous search." "They photograph and TAG" "Everything found in each section." "It's a painstaking process that" "Takes four weeks." "Then, every bit of wreckage is taken away for identification" "And analysis." "Three hangars at LE Bourget--another Paris airport" "Become their final resting place." "This pile of debris is all that" "Remains of the hotel." "Such is the intensity of the crash and fire that a 40-room" "Building is reduced to little more than a pile of rubble." "And this is what remains of" "Concorde." "One of the world's finest examples of modern engineering" "Is now just a Tangled heap of charred rubber, aluminium, melted plastic and fractured" "Hydraulics." "The French investigators separate and identify every" "Fragment." "Among these burned remains Lie the crucial clues to the cause" "Of Concorde's crash." "Within hours, the French bureau of air accidents team recovers" "The black boxes." "These devices are carried on all airliners to record" "Important technical data, and crucially, the pilots' conversation inside the cockpit." "They analyze the black boxes and hear no sound of an explosion." "It's clear to them that terrorism is not to blame." "The investigators are forced to" "Look for a new lead." "They focus on the last-minute engine repair captain Marty" "Orders just before takeoff." "They know Concorde returned from New York the previous day" "With a faulty thrust-reverser on engine number two." "Thrust reversers help to slow" "Planes down after they have landed." "Investigators analyze the" "Flight data recorder closely but find no evidence that a faulty thrust reverser could" "Cause the accident." "The pressure to find an answer increases." "Until they do, the French authorities ground all air France Concorde flights." "The spotlight is now on the 120 seconds from the start of Concorde's final takeoff." "Captain John Hutchinson has flown hundreds of Concorde takeoffs." "onceyou'velineduponthe runway, the captain will then punch on the stopwatch and open" "The throttles fully." "The captain's job is to keep straight down the runway." "The copilot's job is to do the speed calls, and the flight engineer is sitting there, and" "He's monitoring all the instruments--in particular, this Bank of instruments here" "Which are the engine instruments." "Data from the black boxes make" "It clear that everything is normal until Concorde reaches 200 miles per hour." "Concorde is now only 79 seconds from disaster." "Data recorders reveal a sudden" "Loss of power in both engines under the left Wing." "Immediately, the black Box" "Picks up the dramatic warning from the control Tower." "narrator:" "Despitethe warning, pilot Christian Marty has passed the point of no" "Return." "There is not enough runway to stop safely." "He has to take off." "hepulledbackonthe control column to rotate the" "Aeroplane up to its nose-up Angle of 12.9 degrees, and he was having" "Problems with the left-hand engines not producing the power they should have, and he'll" "Have been working very hard trying to control the aeroplane, trying to get speed," "But of course he was being overwhelmed by these problems on the left-hand engines." "narrator:" "Theenginesbecome the new focus of the investigation." "Why did they lose power at such a critical time?" ""the crash of the Concorde"" "Will continue after this." "[ Man ] ladies and gentlemen," "The 57th president of the United States." "¶ ¶" "¶ ¶" "¶ ¶ [ bell rings ]" "¶ ¶" "[Maleannouncer]ATT." "Thenation'sfastest 3gnetwork." 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"But why?" "Then, an important new clue." "The French investigators find several fragments of tire on" "The runway." "One of them weighs 10 pounds." "Tests quickly confirm they" "Belong to Concorde." "It's a significant lead." "Why?" "Because Concorde's tires inflate to extremely high pressures, which make them more" "Likely to burst than other aircraft, especially during takeoff and landing." "Pilot John Hutchinson explains." "andinfact,whenthe captain pulls back to rotate," "He's actually compressing the undercarriage into the runway, so there's even more stress on" "The tires and the wheels at that particular point." "narrator:" "Thisadditional" "Pressure makes Concorde's tires even more vulnerable." "Now they're onto something." "The French accident investigators go back through the Records and discover that" "For Concorde, tire blowouts are far from rare." "They identify over 50 cases of" "Tire burst on takeoff and landing, over 24 years." "One of the worst incidents involved another air France Concorde, this time at" "Washington's Dulles airport in 1979." "Bill Lightfoot was a passenger" "On Concorde that day." "Icouldseeabigragged Hole in the Wing." "With pieces of aluminium or a metallic alloy and a lot of liquid pouring out of the Hole" "That had been ripped in the Wing." "narrator:" "TheOfficial" "Report into this accident found that the tire burst during taxiing." "Then the exposed metal wheel got very hot and exploded just before takeoff." "The plane did take off, but 20 minutes later returned safely to the ground." "Concorde survived this scare, but it caused A major overhaul of tire safety." "Engineers installed censors to detect under inflated tires, modified inspection procedures" "For wheels before every flight, and most importantly, as aviation expert David learmount" "Explains, developed stronger tires that can Carry twice their normal load." "therequirementwasthat,in test flight, was that you should be able to have a" "Complete tire Blow out in the takeoff run and that you should be able to complete the takeoff" "With no tires left." "And that is what the wheels subsequently were and never" "Again did a wheel fail." "narrator:" "Thatis ,until18 years later in Paris, when" "Something goes very wrong." "Despite all the safety measures, one of Concorde's" "Tires explodes in fragments." "Investigators dig deeper." "They reexamine all the debris" "Found on the runway and then make the most important discovery of the investigation:" "This 17-inch mystery strip of metal." "When the 17-inch strip of metal" "Is compared to the damage on Concorde's tire, it's a perfect fit." "Suddenly the whole enquiry now depends on the source of this metal." "Where did it come from?" "It takes five weeks of painstaking detective work," "Comparing it to the thousands of parts that make up aircraft." "Then a breakthrough." "They discover the metal strip comes from the engine mounting of a dc10." "The flight log from Paris reveals a Continental airlines dc10 took off five minutes" "Before Concorde." "They track down the plane to Houston, Texas, and incredibly," "Find the engine has a missing part." "It's the metal strip, fitted 16" "Days earlier during maintenance on the dc10." "When David learmount first sees" "The photographs of the strip of metal, he's astonished." "ithadreallyroughedges," "And this was not just rough edges, because Concorde had run over it, it had been cut" "Roughly, the edges were not straight, not even when it was made." "The other thing is that it had holes drilled in it for putting screws or rivets through, and" "These were all over the place narrator:" "Investigatorsnow have a very strong theory about" "How the strip of metal contributed to the crash." "81 seconds before the crash," "Concorde flight AF 4590 is traveling at 200 miles per hour down the runway." "The tire hits the metal strip." "It explodes, and a massive ten-Pound chunk of rubber from" "The tire flies at high speed up into the Wing." "But Concorde's fuel tanks are" "In the wings, and the Delta-shaped Wing is not designed to withstand such an" "Impact." "thissortof eventualityhad  never been foreseen in trials." "It was estimated in all the trials for certificating the aircraft in the first place," "That if a tire exploded, the pieces of tire that would actually come away from the" "Wheel would be about one kilogram in weight." "narrator:" "Thechunkof" "Rubber that hits Concorde's Wing that day weighs nearly five times as much--ten pounds." "No one had planned for that sort of impact." "What's more, the large rubber" "Fragment of the tire matches the Dent on the Wing." "But surprisingly the Wing is" "Not punctured at that point." "So if the heavy chunk of rubber hadn't punctured the Wing, what" "Made the fuel leak out?" "thepieceof tirewhich actually hit the Wing and did" "The damage was so big and so flat that although it was so heavy it didn't go through the" "Wing at all, and it caused such a shock wave to go through the fuel that it actually blew a" "Plug of Wing tank skin outwards." "The shock was that bad." "When the rubber chunk hits the" "Wing, it sets off a pressure wave which finds the weakest joint in the fuel tank." "The fuel bursts out of the tank." "20 gallons of fuel pour into the engine every second." "But even fuel gushing over the engine needs a Spark to ignite." "Where did the Spark come from?" "Stay with us." "More answers when we return." "[Maleannouncer]Let'sget downtothenutsandbolts ." "You'vegotthingstodo." "We'vegotthetools andhardwareto get'Em done." "Andwithnew,Lowerprices allthroughthestore." "Soyoucandomore fixing..." "Replacing..." "Fastening..." "Andupdating..." "Forless." "Moresaving." "Moredoing." "That'sthepower oftheHomedepot." 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"Air France Concorde flight" "Af4590 crashes after takeoff from Paris's Charles DE Gaulle airport." "Our graphics can simulate a virtual camera on the runway to reveal the cause of the" "As the plane hurtles down the runway, a rogue strip of metal bursts a tire." "81 seconds before the crash, a heavy chunk of rubber flies into the fuel tanks." "Fuel cascades over the engines." "Not enough on its own to cause a catastrophe, it needs a Spark." "From the cockpit voice recorder, we know that the pilots have trouble with the" "Landing gear on takeoff." "As Concorde struggles into the air, pilot Christian Marty" "Calls for the undercarriage to be raised." "But it stays locked open." "The only video footage ever taken of the doomed flight provides further evidence." "It shows the undercarriage in the down position." "What stopped the wheels from" "Retracting?" "The most Likely explanation can be seen in this computer" "Simulation." "Shrapnel from the burst tire flies up into the landing gear" "Bay, where it severs power cables." "The undercarriage is now stuck" "In the down position." "Worse still, the exposed wires are whipping around in the Gale" "Force airflow." "If the exposed wires make contact, they'll Spark." "As fate would have it, they do." "That contact ignites the leaking fuel." "And at that moment, Concorde becomes a flying bomb." "Now it can be revealed what it must have been like for captain Marty in the cockpit." "From the pilot's seat, he can't see the flames." "All he knows is that Concorde" "Is losing power in engine no 2 just at the moment of takeoff." "One second later, the control" "Tower alerts him to the fire." "airFrance4590,you have flames behind you." "narrator:" "Computergraphics show how Concorde would have looked, and to make matters" "Even worse for captain Marty, the number 1 engine is losing power as well." "Events are conspiring against him." "Aviation safety expert David" "Learmount explains why." "therewasafantasticgush  of fuel out of this quite large" "Hole, was literally drowning out that engine, which gradually lost power and" "Finally went out." "So the pilots were left with two engines on the right-hand" "Side only, when they're normally accustomed to having four." "narrator:" "Itcouldn'thappen at a worse time." "Captain Marty needs maximum" "Power, and there's not enough runway left to stop." "He wrestles Concorde into the" "Air." "Cockpit voice recordings reveal that at 4:43 and 22 seconds," "The engine fire alarm sounds and three seconds later, the captain shuts down engine no 2." "thedrillforafire warning is that you shut the engine down and cut off the supply of" "Fuel to it, to try and, and then fire the fire extinguisher for that engine to try and, and" "Put the fire out." "narrator:" "Concordeis now53 seconds from disaster." "Gilles logelin in the control Tower gives what help he can to captain Marty." "doasyouwish." "You have priority to return to the field." "narrator:" "Butat 200feet, Concorde is too Low to turn around so captain Marty tries" "To fly the crippled plane to the nearest runway at LE Bourget airport, just three" "Miles ahead." "But now there's a new problem for captain Marty." "The fire is so intense that Concorde's Wing is melting and disintegrating." "therearendofthe, ofthe Wing on Concorde are the controls known as elevons," "Which enable the pilot to point the aircraft's nose up or down." "The fire was so fierce that the" "Rear structure of the aircraft was being virtually evaporated." "The pilot's essential controls" "Were being destroyed." "At the same time, Smoke alarms are heard on the voice" "Recorders." "For the passengers, fumes in the cabin make conditions" "Unbearable." "Concorde is now 49 seconds from disaster." "In the cockpit Christian Marty battles with the controls, trying to gain speed and" "Altitude, but he is being overwhelmed by the fact that the Wing and its controls are" "Disintegrating." "33 seconds." "The engine fire alarm sounds" "Again and remains on for the duration of the flight." "In the cockpit, captain Marty" "Runs out of options." "Even the runway at LE Bourget, now only two miles away, is out" "Of reach." "With just 11 seconds left, the control Tower hears Christian" "Marty's final words: "too late." "No time." four seconds left, the plane" "Dips below 50 feet." "thefinalsortofactwas the aeroplane reared up and" "Heeled over into about a 110 degrees of Bank." "So the aeroplane at that point" "Became completely uncontrollable." "narrator:" "Threeseconds." "Concorde can no longer hang in the air." "It stalls and begins to roll" "Leftwards." "A hotel lies directly beneath." "The plane is about to come down." "We'll return with more "seconds from disaster" in a moment." 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"Maybe because you left it right on the counter." "narrator:" "Andnowthe  conclusion of "seconds from disaster."" "Less than two minutes after Concorde begins accelerating down the runway, 109 people are" "Staring Death in the face." "Two seconds later, Concorde crashes into an airport hotel." "All 100 passengers and 9 crew on board are killed, as well as 4 people in the hotel." "Concorde, the world's only successful supersonic airliner, has its perfect 25-year safety" "Record destroyed in just 120 seconds." "It's a crash of unimaginable" "Horror." "The passengers had only a few seconds to prepare for Death." "Two days later, relatives are allowed to Lay Flowers at the crash site." "Even today they feel a deep sense of loss." "Jorge Meyer's Father died in" "The crash." "IcertainlyMisshim ." "He leaves a gap for me that" "Cannot be filled." "What makes it more terrible is the fact that he didn't die" "From A natural illness, but in an horrific accident." "And he was plucked out of life" "In his prime." "The disaster was also traumatic for those who survived from the" "Town of gonesse." "Businessman Patrick tesse had a miraculous escape." "He works directly next door to the hotel destroyed by Concorde." "To this day, he is haunted by" "The events." "well,ofcoursethe crash had an effect on me." "You can't remain unaffected by it." "To see what I saw, the bodies," "The fire, the injuries, it's awful." "The smell of burning flesh is" "Just terrible." "narrator:" "ForConcorde,the  Paris disaster is the beginning of the end." "Three weeks after the crash, all Concorde flights are grounded." "Air France and British airways, the two airlines that fly Concorde, have to make major" "Safety modifications." "Tires are strengthened so that they remain functional even" "When punctured by a 12-inch blade." "Engineers encase the fuel tanks" "With bullet-proof kevlar liners to resist puncture, and electrical harnesses in the" "Main landing gear Bays are reinforced." "But Concorde was never to" "Regain her former Glory." "14 months after the crash, Concorde passenger flights" "Resume." "But the Cost of maintaining and upgrading the aging fleet is" "Too great, passenger Numbers decline sharply." "On the 24th of October 2003," "Concorde carries passengers for the last time." "The first ERA of supersonic" "Passenger travel is at an end." "Concorde is now just a museum relic." "That fateful July afternoon in Paris is due to a critical Chain of events, a rogue strip" "Of metal on the runway punctures a tire, propelling part of the wheel into the Wing." "A pressure wave causes fuel to erupt from the tank and debris to fly into the undercarriage" "Where it severs an electrical wire." "A Spark ignites, triggering an" "Inferno at the point of takeoff, a crucial time." "From then on, Concorde is" "Doomed." "A Chain of events no one could have predicted that ultimately" "Brings about its tragic destruction."