Concorde
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Concorde is one of the world's most well known aircraft. It's well known for getting passengers across from Heathrow Airport to JFK Airport in a record time of less than 4 hours.
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[edit] History
In 1962, the British and French governments signed an agreement to develop a supersonic transport aircraft. The plane was built jointly by British Aerospace and Aerospatiale. Two prototypes were built, and the first flight took place in 1969. A total of 20 Concorde's were made, all of which have been retired. The shortage of Concorde's made is due to the lack of research into it's market. The planes were flown by British Airways and Air France. The 30th anniversary of the Concorde took place on March 2, 1999. Ten of the Concordes have flown more than 920,000 hours.
[edit] Passengers
Concorde's main passenger market was aimed at the rich and famous. The list is of the following of some famous people that have flown on Concorde.
- Bono
- The Queen
- Michael Jackson
- Princess Diana
- Tony Blair
[edit] Crash
On Tuesday, 25th July 2000 the very first fatal accident involving Concorde occured with Concorde 203, F-BTSC out bound from Paris to New York. It crashed 60 seconds after take off after suffering tyre blow out that caused a fuel tank to rupture. This started a sequence of events that caused a fire which eventually lead to 2 engines failing and the aircraft crashing.
All 109 people (100 passengers and 9 crew) on board were killed. 4 people in a local hotel on the ground were also killed.
