Hollywood has led us to believe that flames coming from a jet exhaust is no big thing, which makes this particular photo seem like it's nothing special. However, this charter flight from Paris to New York City was anything but ordinary. Moments after this photo was taken by a horrified onlooker, the plane crashed into a nearby hotel, killing everyone on board and four in the building.
It was the only fatal accident in the 27 years that Concorde jets operated. The plane was overweight and the weight was poorly distributed, and as it began its take-off, a piece of the debris punctured the tires and flew up into the fuel tank. This fuel was ignited by a severed wire in the landing gear bay, and the rest is terrible, terrible history.