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
French frigate Concorde (1793) French frigate Concorde (1793) The Concorde was a "Nymphe"-class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in August 1800. On 27 May 1793, "Concorde" captured the 24-gun ; she became the privateer "Hyene", which the Royal Navy recaptured in 1797. "Concorde" took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and on 12 October 1798, in aftermath of the Battle of Tory Island. "Concorde" was part of a squadron of three frigates, "Concorde" under Commodore Jean-François Landolphe, "Médée" under Captain Jean-Daniel Coudin, and "Franchise" under Captain Pierre Jurien, with Landolphe as the overall commander, that left Rochefort on 6