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In the same way the Concordes were the safest passenger jets, until they suddenly weren't.
by rightbyte 3y ago
In the same way the Concordes were the safest passenger jets, until they suddenly weren't.
- mpweiher 3y agoNope, this is including two accidents. And Concorde was retired because they could no longer operate it, for example no spare parts.
- laszlojamf 3y agoAnd also didn't it just turn out that people weren't really interested in spending a lot more money to get to where they were going a little bit faster?
- mpweiher 3y agoOne might think so, but no, that wasn't the case. Concorde was operating profitably with reasonable load factors. And of course you now have aviation startups trying to tap the same market.
- peterfirefly 3y ago> Nope, this is including two accidents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde#Accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde#Accidents_and_inciden... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590#Conclusions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590#Conclus... And it was caused by a DC-10! They should probably have added the Kevlar lining on the fuel tanks a bit earlier, though.
- mpweiher 3y agoApologies, the "two accidents" I referred to were the nuclear accidents. Which are obviously in the nuclear safety stats. And yes, caused by debris falling of a DC-10.