A supersonic Concorde aircraft crashed on take off at Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris, France in July 2000, the aircraft were all withdrawn from service recently. Would you still want to fly on the Jet ( if you could afford it ) even if they had not been withdrawn from commercial passenger service ?
2006-09-09 02:10:27 · 25 answers · asked by Latin Techie 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Corky, no one said there was a problem, the Space shuttle is not a mass passenger vehicle. Concorde was!
2006-09-15 09:55:01 · update #1
No thanks, I'll keep both my feet on the ground.
2006-09-09 02:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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The Concordes were put out of service by both Air France and British Airways not because of safety issues but because of it was no longer profitable to operate it even with the higher ticket price.
It was a an amazing machine technologically but a good lesson how great technology that is not economically feasible becomes not so great after all.
If I had a choice, I wouldn't pay to fly one unless I had cash to throw around. I'd rather sacrifice a few more hours sitting in a plane to save that kind of money.
But if it was for free or for the same price as the others, I would certainly go for it.
(btw, the investigation concluded that what caused the crash in Paris was a small metal part left behind by a previous plane that took off which caused the a tire to burst and rupture a fuel tank causing a fire. This wasn't a design fault of the Concrode)
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2006-09-13 13:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by kevinrtx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would still like to fly in Concorde.The accident at Charles De Gaulle was caused by uncleared debris on the runway being drawn into the engine. A million to one chance that could have killed any aircraft. The Concorde's airframe or systems were not to blame. The decision to withdraw it from service was purely based on economics.She was a very expensive bird to feed and was running at a substantial loss to British Airways. They only gained the prestige involved in operating the worlds only commercial supersonic jet.
2006-09-16 21:47:21 · answer #3 · answered by Stuart W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only would I like to fly as a passenger, but I'd do anything to pilot one. I've always admired the Concorde ever since I was walking outside of Miami Intl. and a Concorde flew right over my head. The sheer force of the engines was enough for me to, literally, fall head over heels for the aircraft.
Needless to say I was crushed when I learned about the '02 crash and that they were being retired. Though I don't believe it's an end to supersonic commercial travel, only a setback.
As a matter of fact, I've heard rumors that Boeing is planning their very own supersonic passenger transport jet.
We'll just have to wait and see.
2006-09-09 14:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by ElationAviation 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely!!
Although with fuel prices being what they are these days, the ticket would be astromically expensive. If the Roissy crash didn't do the aircraft in, fuel prices would have. The four Rolls-Royce olympus engines that Concorde uses suck up fuel like crazy.
2006-09-10 06:29:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure! Debris on the runway caused the crash, there was nothing inherently wrong with the design of the aircraft.
I think it would be a great experience to get to a destination in less than half the normal time.
2006-09-14 08:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 23:15:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would, it would be the best thing as close to an actual jet, but yeah its dangerous with carrying so many ppl going at a high speed, im in physics and i know some of the forces that will and could split the plane... :-( but i would anyways :-D
2006-09-15 16:11:59 · answer #8 · answered by Chad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-09 08:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely whenever we get something that is successful somebody spoils the party & we lose it. Other aircraft crash but,they are still in place?Hang the cost bring it back?
2006-09-13 01:45:22 · answer #10 · answered by edison 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2006-09-13 16:44:24 · answer #11 · answered by sweetlee725 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋