Concorde back in the air

A British Airways Concorde took off today from London’s Heathrow airport for the first time since the fleet was grounded in the wake of last year’s Air France crash in Paris which claimed 113 lives.

Tue, 17 Jul, 2001 - 16:02

The jet left the runway two minutes ahead of schedule at 2.18pm for the supersonic test flight.

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