Last Days of the Concorde, Samme Chittum
Last Days of the Concorde, Samme Chittum
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Last Days of the Concorde
The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel

Author: Samme Chittum

Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/26/2019


Synopsis

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future.

On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly burst into flames. An airliner capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, the Concorde had completed twenty-five years of successful flights, whisking wealthy passengers—from diplomats to rock stars to corporate titans—between continents on brief and glamorous flights. Yet on this fateful day, the chartered Concorde jet, en route to America, crashed and killed all 109 passengers and crew onboard and four people on the ground. Urgent questions immediately arose as investigators scrambled to discover what had gone wrong. What caused the fire? Could it have been prevented? And, most urgently, was the Concorde safe to fly? Last Days of the Concorde addresses these issues and many more, offering a fascinating insider's look at the dramatic disaster, the hunt for clues, and the systemic overhauls that followed the crash.

About Samme Chittum

Samme Chittum is a narrative journalist and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship recipient who explores the intersection of current events and history. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and the Village Voice. She is also the author of the first two books in the Smithsonian Air Disasters series, The Flight 981 Disaster, and Southern Storm.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jerry

Last Days of the Concorde is a decent overview of the fatal crash in 2000 of Air France Flight 4590. Samme Chittum gives a thorough presentation of the facts concerning the crash through first hand accounts regarding the factors in Paris that day. Issues such as weather, the repair record of the air......more

Goodreads review by Heather

While intriguing enough, it's really nothing I didn't already know about this disaster (also in reading a review or two, apparently there are some misleading or straight wrong details included in this book?). I really enjoyed the show about this particular crash, but this book just felt like an unne......more

Goodreads review by Pete

Last Days of the Concorde: The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel (2018) by Samme Chittum is an account of the Concorde crash that was the beginning of the end of Concorde. The book also has quite a lot about the Concorde itself.  If you're interested in the crash and Con......more