Air France Flight 4590 crash and possible remedies. Air France's Concorde operation had been a money-losing venture, but it is claimed that the aeroplane had been kept in service as a matter of national pride; British Airways claimed to make a profit on its Concorde operations. According to Jock Lowe, a Concorde pilot, up until the crash of Air France Flight 4590 at Paris, the British Airways Concorde operation made a net average profit of about £30m a year. Commercial service was resumed in November 2001 after a £17m safety improvement service, until the remaining aircraft were retired in 2003. The official investigation was
HMS Concorde (1783) 9 September she captured four privateers, the 8-gun "Buonaparte", 10-gun "Amazone", 4-gun "Sauveur" and 2-gun "Fortune". "Concorde"s success against privateers continued with the capture of the 18-gun "Prudente" on 14 February 1799 and the 6-gun "San Josef" off Oporto in December 1800 and the 1-gun "San Miguel el Volante" on 1 December 1800. "Concorde" had a narrow escape from a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume, which had sailed from Brest on 23 January 1801. The French sighted "Concorde" off Cape Finisterre on 27 January, and the 40-gun "Bravoure" was sent to chase her down. "Concorde" cast off