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) in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. "Résolue" resisted and a brief action took place before the French surrendered. As Britain and France were not at war, "Résolue" was then restored to the French. HMS Concorde (1783) Concorde (originally "Le Concorde") was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. Built in Rochefort in 1777, she entered service with the French early in the American War of Independence, and was soon in action, capturing in the West Indies. She survived almost until the end of the war, but was captured by in 1783. Not immediately brought into service