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Another issue: it exploded, and 113 people died.

• Kucher 8y ago
  A unique series of events unfolded during takeoff, leading to a loss of engine power and subsequent crash. It's unfair to say it simply exploded.
  • Mizza 8y ago
    Yeah, but when I think "supersonic jet", I think of the extremely vivid image of a the flaming Concorde crash[1] - it was the cover of every major paper. I think lots of people who remember that era still do, and it'll make me extremely unlikely to ever step into a Boom (the name doesn't help either), even though I do want them to succeed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590#/media/File:Concorde_Air_France_Flight_4590_fire_on_runway.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590#/media/...
    • bobthepanda 8y ago
      I mean, you could also say that a lot of people think plane is synonymous with "hijacking", "terrorism", or "9/11". Doesn't make flying unprofitable.
    • NeedMoreTea 8y ago
      The Concorde crash was caused by bits of titanium engine cowling on the runway shredding a tyre and damaging a wing tank. The largest piece was an 18" long, 1" wide strip of metal that tore 10lb chunks out of the tyre. Do you associate DC10's the same way? (The debris were from a DC10). Apart from being a chain of events vanishingly unlikely to repeat, I doubt all other aircraft would come away from the same scenario fatality free.
• vvillena 8y ago
  The way you say it, it sounds like Concorde was unsafe, and by extension, all supersonic planes are. Almost every plane out there has had at least one bad accident. And every single time measures are taken so that type of accident doesn't happen again.