Charles de Gaulle International Airport, serving
Paris, is one of
Europe's principal aviation centers. It is also
France's main international
airport. It is named after
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), a French general and statesman.
The airport is near
Roissy[?], to the north-east of Paris. It is connected to the
RER commuter network, and the high-speed
TGV network.
Charles de Gaulle International Airport has three terminals.
The other important airport in the Paris area is Orly Airport.
In
1975, a
DC-10 of
Turkish Airlines crashed immediately after take off from Charles de Gaulle, killing all its passengers. In
1978, a
Varig DC-8 crashed minutes before landing at Charles De Gaulle, most of the passengers dying in the fire that broke out after the crash. In
2001, an
Air France Concorde crashed in nearby
Gonnesse[?] after coming in contact with material that had been left by another plane on the runway. The Concorde was on a charter flight for a tour company.This was the first time a Concorde had crashed.
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See also: Transportation in France, List of French Airports