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Concordski Plane Crash

01/06/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Concordski Plane Crash

In June 1973 Russia's supersonic rival to Concorde crashed at the Paris Air Show

In June 1973 Russia's supersonic rival to Concorde, the Tupolev TU144, crashed at the Paris Air Show.

In June 1973, the Russian rival to Concorde, the Tupolev TU144, crashed at the Paris Air Show, killing the crew of six and eight people on the ground. At the time the Soviet Union and the West were competing to produce the world's first supersonic passenger aircraft. Former British test pilot, John Farley, recalls the day of the fatal crash of the plane dubbed 'Concordski'.

(Photo: The Russian TU-144 supersonic airliner shortly before it exploded and crashed at the Paris Air Show. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)

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