AF4590

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AF4590 is the flight number designation for Air France Flight 4590, the Concorde service that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris in 2000.

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AF4590 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flight number
aircraftAgeAtAccident about 25 years
aircraftEngineType Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593
surface form: Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 turbofan
aircraftFirstFlightYear 1975
aircraftRegistration F-BTSC
aircraftType Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Air France Flight 4590 NERFINISHED
charterCustomer Peter Deilmann Cruises
contributingFactor aft center of gravity
metal strip on runway from Continental Airlines DC-10
overweight takeoff
countryOfOperator France NERFINISHED
crashCountry France ONNED1
crashLocation Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France
cruiseShipAssociated MS Deutschland
dateOfAccident 2000-07-25
departureAirport Charles de Gaulle Airport
surface form: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
departureCity Paris
departureCountry France
destinationAirport John F. Kennedy International Airport
destinationCity New York City NERFINISHED
destinationCountry United States ONNED1
distanceFromAirportAtCrash about 5 km from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
engineFailure loss of thrust on engines 1 and 2
fatalitiesOnboard 109
fireOccurred yes
groundFatalities 4
IATAFlightNumber AF4590
ICAOFlightNumber AFR4590
impactWith hotel in Gonesse
notableConsequence accelerated retirement of Concorde fleet
temporary grounding of Concorde aircraft
notableFor only fatal accident involving Concorde in commercial service
numberOfCrew 9
numberOfPassengers 100
operatedBy Air France
operatorFlightDesignation Flight 4590
originOfFlight Paris to New York charter service
partOf Concorde commercial operations
phaseOfFlightAtAccident takeoff and initial climb
primaryCauseAccordingToInvestigation tire burst leading to fuel tank rupture and fire
runwayOfTakeoff Runway 26R at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
survivors 0
timeOfTakeoff 16:43 local time
totalFatalities 113
totalOccupants 109
yearOfAccident 2000

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