What Happened to the Concordes?
airandspace.si.edu
These days, it takes seven hours to fly from New York to London, compared to under three hours flying at twice the speed of sound on the Concorde. When I started my internship at the National Air and Space Museum, I was determined to learn why.

Why didn’t it succeed?

Concorde flights came to a screeching halt after only 27 years of operation on October 24, 2003. The reason? Excessive cost, high fares, and loud noise. On a regular flight, Concordes consumed 6,771 gallons of fuel, which quickly exceeded the profit made from the flight. In addition to that, only a total of 20 Concordes were built and no airline ordered them except for Air France and British Airways, who had to as they were state-run airlines at the time.

Oh, and a 2000 crash that killed everyone on board (109 people) and four people on the ground.

  • renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    modern day terrorists can’t be bothered with such extravagant, risky and expensive methods as hijacking a plane, they prefer less complicated and cheaper ones like driving into a crowd of people or a mass shooting

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      also easier to use a bomb truck, or a suicide bomber in a crowded area. plus to maximize damage, they wait til first responders come in and do it a second time.

      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyzEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        they wait til first responders come in and do it a second time.

        Other than the US and Israeli military, I’m not aware of any instances of terrorists using a second strike to target medical personnel.

    • Meron35@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Or just spin up some minimum wage nobodies/chatbots to spread misinformation online so their own citizens do the terrorism for you