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26 years ago, the Concorde crash marked the end of a technological era

The Concorde crash on July 25, 2000, near Paris killed 113 people.

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A symbol of Franco-British engineering, the supersonic jet was retired in 2003.

The accident exposed technical flaws and hastened the end of a commercially fragile project.

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L'accident du Concorde reste un tournant dans l'histoire de l'aviation, illustrant les défis technologiques et économiques des projets aéronautiques ambitieux.

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