Air France Concorde crash

25 July 2000: Air France Concorde flight 4590 takes off with fire trailing from its engine on the left wing at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. The plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. For nearly a decade investigators have argued that a Continental Airlines DC-10 dropped a piece of titanium on to the runway minutes beforehand that ruptured a tyre and caused a fuel tank to burst Photograph: Toshihiko Sato/AP Photograph: Toshihiko Sato/guardian.co.uk Flames trail from the Concorde seconds before it crashed in Gonesse near Paris Roissy airport Photograph: Andras Kisgergely/Reuters Photograph: Andras Kisgergely/guardian.co.uk The crash scene in Gonesse Photograph: AFP/Getty Photograph: guardian.co.uk Aerial view of the crash scene Photograph: Joachim Bertrand/AP Photograph: Joachim Bertrand/guardian.co.uk Firefighters wet down the wreckage Photograph: Ami Vitale/Getty Images Photograph: Ami Vitale/guardian.co.uk One of the engines of the crashed Concorde Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPA Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/guardian.co.uk Firefighters amid debris of the hotel that the Concorde crashed into Photograph: AFP/Ministere De L'Intereur/Joachim Bertrand/Securite Civile//Getty Photograph: AFP/Ministere De L'Intereur/Joachim Bertrand/Securite Civile//guardian.co.uk Two pictures released by the French accident investigation bureau: (top) the Concorde's burst left-hand front tyre and (bottom) a 43cm (17in) piece of metal found on runway '26 right' of Charles de Gaulle airport. The metal strip was not part of the Concorde Photograph: AFP/Getty Photograph: guardian.co.uk Air France pilots and staff wait outside the Madelaine cathedral in Paris on 27 July 2000 at a memorial service for the 113 victims Photograph: Joel Robine/AFP/Getty Photograph: Joel Robine/guardian.co.uk The cover of Newsweek International for the week of 2 August 2000 Photograph: Newsmakers/Getty Images Photograph: Newsmakers/guardian.co.uk