Marking the ten year anniversary of the fatal Concorde,

[Gerald]

crash that killed 109 people on board.



http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/video/world/2010/07/23/intv.wiley.concorde.crash.cnn.124x70.jpg


http://edition.cnn.com/video/#

[Platapus]

Wow ten years.

[sharkbit]

Wow ten years.

And the trial is just wrapping up, with the verdict expected in December.

[Biggles]

And the trial is just wrapping up, with the verdict expected in December.

Wow, I just said by the dinnertable today regarding something else that the justice system really are slow...

[Betonov]

I never understood how the entire fleet was abandoned after just one accident. but the 747 are still flying and they were invovled in some very notorius accidents

[sharkbit]

I never understood how the entire fleet was abandoned after just one accident. but the 747 are still flying and they were invovled in some very notorius accidents

$$$$$$$$$$$$ (or more accurately Francs/Pounds/Euros).

I'd bet the operating cost per flight hour of the Concorde is considerably higher than a 747. As old as they are I bet they were maintenance pigs.

I think they've had some other "issues" that aren't as widely known as well. I remember about 15-20 years ago reading they were having problems with part of the rudder coming apart in flight. It happened to three or four of them before they got a fix for it.

:)

[Betonov]

$$$$$$$$$$$$ (or more accurately Francs/Pounds/Euros).

I'd bet the operating cost per flight hour of the Concorde is considerably higher than a 747. As old as they are I bet they were maintenance pigs.

I think they've had some other "issues" that aren't as widely known as well. I remember about 15-20 years ago reading they were having problems with part of the rudder coming apart in flight. It happened to three or four of them before they got a fix for it.

:)
You're right, they were pigs, and expensive tickets. But I dont recall ever being short on passengers. Even with those ticket prices