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1. That plane had been chartered by a group my wife knew from her social work in Germany

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2023, 06:27 AM

Jul 2023

She had known some of the victims.

For all I know, we may have taken that same plane several years earlier. When my grandfather in New York turned 100 years old in 1994, I shopped around for which airline would offer us the best deal for a quickie round trip for four, Düsseldorf to New York and back. To my surprise, it was Air France, who offered to throw in the Concorde as part of the return trip to Düsseldorf at no extra charge.

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On this day, July 25, 2000, Air France flight 4590 crashed on takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

That plane had been chartered by a group my wife knew from her social work in Germany DFW Jul 2023 #1

I was in a hotel close to Le Bourget airport where they were heading for emergency landing. rickford66 Jul 2023 #2