In 2000, an Air France Concorde jet hit a small piece of debris during takeoff, causing the tire to explode and sending fragments flying into the underside of the plane. Damage to flight control ...

Virgin Galactic’s private jet represents a very bold step toward making supersonic travel a reality for an elite few. Unlike ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

Today, the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner icon, first flew in 1969.

The preliminary report on the Philadelphia jet crash found the cockpit voice recorder likely hadn't recorded audio for ...

Last month, the white aircraft made history as the first ... This decline was significantly impacted by the tragic crash of an Air France Concorde in July 2000, just minutes after take-off from ...

A small prototype jet has broken the sound barrier, making it a possible successor to Concorde more than two ... fleet was grounded following a fatal crash in July 2000 and then the wider slump ...

The aircraft smashed through the 767mph sound ... Passenger numbers also fell after an Air France Concorde crashed just minutes after taking off from Paris in July 2000. The disaster killed ...