The Concorde, a symbol of supersonic travel, met a tragic end with the crash of Flight 4590. This story details the investigation that uncovered how a foreign object on the runway triggered a ...

Air France is to pay the relatives of Concorde crash victims around £1 million for each person lost in last year's disaster, it emerged today. The £100 million settlement makes it the biggest ...

SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde-like service. Boom’s XB-1 jet, dubbed the ...

US aerospace firm wants to accept passengers by the end of 2029. But what was Concorde, its famous supersonic plane ...

In 2000, a Concorde was involved in a fiery crash shortly after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport that killed all 100 passengers and nine crew aboard France Air Flight 4590. The supersonic ...

Concorde’s expensive, “gas guzzling” nature was a complaint levelled against it for most of its lifetime. A catastrophic 1973 ...

A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test flight.

Boom's XB-1 jet breaks the sound barrier, bringing supersonic passenger travel closer to reality. Find out more about this groundbreaking achievement.

The single-seat jet, a 201-foot-long test model by Boom Supersonic, hit 844 mph just 12 minutes into its latest test flight out of California's Mojave Air and Space Port.

In 2000, a Concorde was involved in a fiery crash shortly after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport that killed all 100 passengers and nine crew aboard France Air Flight 4590. The ...