Editing Jacques Chirac (section)

==== Close call ====
On 25 July 2000, as Chirac and the first lady were returning from the [[26th G8 summit|G7 Summit]] in Okinawa, Japan, they were placed in a dangerous situation by [[Air France Flight 4590]] after they landed at Charles de Gaulle International Airport. The first couple were in an Air France [[Boeing 747]] taxiing toward the terminal when the jet had to stop and wait for Flight 4590 to take off.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rose|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/13/davidrose.focus |title=Concorde: the unanswered questions |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201213044/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/13/davidrose.focus |archive-date=1 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The departing plane, an [[Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde]], ran over a strip of metal on takeoff puncturing its left fuel tank and sliced electrical wires near the left landing gear. The sequence of events ignited a large fire and caused the Concorde to veer left on its takeoff roll. As it reached takeoff speed and lifted off the ground, it came within 30 feet of hitting Chirac's 747. Photographs of Flight 4590 ablaze were taken by passenger Toshihiko Sato on Chirac's jetliner.