Concorde Tragedy

 

In 2000 the Concorde had its only accident but so savvier that all passengers and crew were killed.
In France where it happened a metal fragment fell onto the runway from a Continental Airline DC-10 that was taking off, it was undetced. 4 minutes later the Concorde using the same runway ran over the metal puncturing a right hand tire. It blew the tire and a piece of rubber hit the fuel tank and engine making a hole in the fuel tank. The take off speed is 253 miles per hour.
The pilot thought he was experiencing engine trouble, which he was but he was also on fire. When the tower notified the pilot he was on fire the pilot knew he was going to fast to stop and running out of runway to do so. The only thing to do was take off and try to fly it to a safe spot. It did miss a lot of places but landed on top of a big hotel
There was no way to help the doomed plane.
With rising operating costs and sagging economy the company decided to end the service of the Concorde in 2003.