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Having passed V1 speed, the crew continued the takeoff, but the plane did not gain enough airspeed with the three remaining engines, because damage to the landing gear bay door prevented the retraction of the undercarriage. The aircraft was unable to climb or accelerate, maintaining a speed of 200 kn at an altitude of 60 m. The fire caused damage to the port wing, which began to disintegrate—melted by the extremely high temperatures. Engine number one surged again, but this time failed to recover. Due to the asymmetric thrust, the starboard wing lifted, banking the aircraft to over 100 degrees. The crew reduced the power on engines three and four in an attempt to level the aircraft, but with falling airspeed they lost control and the aircraft stalled, crashing into the Hôtelissimo Les Relais Bleus Hotel near the airport.

The crew was trying to divert to nearby Le Bourget Airport, but accident investigators stated that a safe landing, given the aircraft's flight path, would have been highly unlikely.

As the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript recorded it, the last intelligible words in the cockpit (translated into English) were:


 * Co-pilot: "Le Bourget, Le Bourget, Le Bourget."


 * Pilot: "Too late (unclear)."


 * Control tower: "Fire service leader, correction, the Concorde is returning to runway zero nine in the opposite direction."


 * Pilot: "No time, no (unclear)."


 * Co-pilot: "Negative, we're trying Le Bourget" (four switching sounds).


 * Co-pilot: "No (unclear)."