Longer video of Ariane 5 Rocket first launch failure, explosion

People have uploaded shorter copies, but here s a longer copy of the Ariane 5 rocket s illfated first launch, which ended in explosion back in 1996. Now a quite reliable rocket, the failure was caused by a software bug. As it was an unmanned flight, there were no victims, but it was an expensive blunder, destroying the scientific Cluster spacecraft, which luckily managed to get the funding be rebuilt for a later mission. In this video, you see the engine starting, the countdown announcer, most of the launch, the rocket s failure, and people watching debris falling from the sky.