Air France Flight 4590 was an international flight traveling from Paris to New York. This flight departed on July 25, 2000 (my goodness, I was in sixth grade) when debris on the runway from a previous flight caused catastrophic damage for 4590. This flight goes down in history as the only fatal Concorde incident in the history of Concorde. Concorde planes were in operation for 27 years, but all planes were grounded following this accident. Concorde ceased operations shortly after. If you happen to be in France, there is a beautiful memorial to the 109 people who died in this crash, located at Gonesse. There is another memorial located just south of the airport where the crash occurred. This book detailed the accident and the subsequent criminal investigations, so if you are interested in air history or plane crashes...this is a good book for you.

This book is part of a three-book series, called Air Disasters. Luckily, you do not have to read them in any particular order, which is wonderful. They are not terribly long books; this one came in under 300 pages. They are all well-researched and provide plenty of facts about the crashes. I was recommended these books off of a show, called Mayday, that I ran across on tv that covered several air disasters. I remember learning about the Concorde on the Weekly Readers that we did in elementary school. This was a really neat book, and I am glad I got an extra day off work due to inclement weather to read some.