Both British Airways and Air France grounded their Concordes in 2003. The main factors: too expensive too loud. A ticket on the Concorde: $12,000 or € 10,000 (at that time) Maintenance time after each flight: It required 22 hours of maintenance for every hour in the air, compared with eight hours for a 747 and six and a quarter for a 777. And according to a recent study, it cost $1,814 per seat to break even on the Concorde, as opposed to $357 on a 400-seat 747 and $390 on a 275-seat Airbus A340. The Concorde carried a cockpit crew of three instead of two, and it lacked cargo capacity. Crew members worked fewer hours than on subsonic planes and their training was almost twice as long as that of other pilots, and hence more costly. Not allowed to fly over land because of the noise. Check in tomorrow and I’ll introduce you to a new supersonic jet in the works, testing underway now ish

@deforged

Жыл бұрын

you're not talking about Boom Overture, are you? that plane was left without Engines once 3rd party developers declined to continue the development, and others turned it down from even starting.

@adithyar4974

Жыл бұрын

TF!

@adithyar4974

Жыл бұрын

Idk why people say that. Concorde was such a magnificent thing. It was like no other. It was an ERA. And even the A380 has more than 2 people in its crew. God. If u can bring back boom overture I don't see why concorde was banned in the first place. And tf, bruh. Go ask those pilots who trained for concorde they simply describe it as marvelous. America and not just America but every other nation was just jealous that they didn't have a supersonic plane of their own.

@juanarya516

Жыл бұрын

hui ibikkk bii bj

You can really see clearly from the actual footage taken by an observer of the doomed Concorde just how large the flames trailing the aircraft were. There is also the final striking photo of her, apparently taken from the side of the runway, in a nose-up attitude just after takeoff, also illustrating the scale of the problem the crew had to deal with. Very sad.

@keridane9381

Жыл бұрын

❤

@anddontcallmeshirley-

Жыл бұрын

Yes... Thank you so much, Captain Obvious.

Excellent documentary. I remember hearing the plane go by in the morning before landing at KJFK, loud but beautiful sound.

Outstanding production! Thank you!

I have watched this before but would love to,again, from Free Documentary 😋... I hit the bell last week so you guys know what to do,love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

Great documentary. Thank you

Thank you for sharing .... 👍

"The deceleration is quite dramatic actually"

Very good documentary ❤

I learned a lot thank you

I'm so glad I got to see the Concord at the Houston airport when i was working at Allright Parking!

40:25 for me this is what I think caused that terrible accident. I fully blame those in the Air traffic control for not signaling to the pilot as early as possible about the visible huge flames, so that he cannot take off. Pure carelessness and negligence.

The legend pilot explained clearly on this supersonic flight

I thought they stopped using them , didn't know they still used them in France and England I I remember one of those flying over my house ,it was the only way they could come in , it was the first and last time one landed there. I also remember hearing a load boom at some point , I can't remember if during landing or take off What I do remember is my house shaking like it was a tumor happening,a couple of windows cracked I had watched planes take off or land depending on weather. I lived on the flight path , other planes their tail section didn't look so low to the ground,the Concord had a strange angle to me and it looked like it was going to fall from the sky , all I could think of was "don't fall on my dang house ! " I thought they were to big and made to much noise myself

A piece of metal from a DC-10 fell onto the runway and then was kicked up into the fuel tank of the Concorde later. The resulting fire and crash doomed the Concorde program for good. The DC-10 is such a cursed aircraft that it destroys other aircraft types. The fortune tellers in Macbeth said that one day a DC-10 would drop a piece of metal onto the runway at takeoff, and the resulting crashed airplane would cause the end of that type forever.

Thanks for sharing your video. I enjoyed watching. Take care and God Bless.

McDonnell Douglas haunts to Concord McDonell, Douglas Honcho, Boeing how ironic

I love that legend plane !!!

I just wish in my life time that I will be able to fly as fast as the Concorde passengers did.

@jamesdavis8542

Жыл бұрын

Go talk to Bezos or Musk

2 tons of fuel just to taxi to the runway? That's crazy. Makes you wonder why they didn't just tow it to the runway... but I'm sure there are reasons.

@neatstuff1988

Жыл бұрын

It is a lot of fuel and they made a mistake I believe. The actual figure was three tons. He was gonna use the fuel to get to new york as quick as he could. He just topped off the entire airplane. Every single drop he could get.

@Samuel-gc6js

Жыл бұрын

He also filled the tanks to 100% capacity when the standard operating procedure is to top them up to 83% he overrode that protection. So if the tank had airspace, it would not have blown from inside out To make things worse fuel pumps and valves were on. They knew centre of gravity was too far rearward so wanted the COG to move forward ASAP

@neatstuff1988

Жыл бұрын

He was in for the struggle of his life due to his own Deceit. You just can't throw on two thousand pounds of extra bags in the back and always get away With it. That's one reason that the plane rose nose high first before crashing. But most importantly he needed to turn it around and go into the wind. He had a 10 knot tail wind... The limiting Factor Was ironically the gear retraction speed. You knew we could get away with that one but the trash on the runway made it otherwise.

@SuperLuckao

9 ай бұрын

No it wasn't cleaned up deliberately. USA didn't want this plane.

@SuperLuckao

9 ай бұрын

I meant..i think it was deliberate.

Fantastic channel. Is the video copyright free? Because the name of the channel is free documentary,

The pilot wind surfed across the Atlantic?!?! Holy Moly, Batman, I’d like to listen to that story!

Excellent, Quality Documentary about a catastrophic event. So sad! Production team is doing it well. But I need the name of the background track played around the 2:50-3:00 frame...please!

@lysanderkrieg5474

Жыл бұрын

Luca Morelli - Rising

4:18 that retired Concorde pilot John Hutchinson obviously has a soft spot for the Concorde and rightfully so. But the facts are that there were design compromises made with the Concorde that made it too sensitive to damage from blown tires and this had happened previously and was very nearly the same result. A weakness had been identified, measures should have been taken to increase robustness and they were not. The crash was the result.

@Samuel-gc6js

Жыл бұрын

Although I tend to agree that that the fuel tank lining and bullet proof cable wiring etc made Concorde safer it was the wheel shrapnel or the water deflector that caused the damage in Washington. BA then updated their water deflectors by tethering them internally so they wouldn't fly up and puncture the wing. Air France never did this. New specification of tyres were then fitted after Washington also. Piece of the water deflector was found on the runway in CDG if it made contact with another fuel tank has not been discussed. But had the spacer not been missing forcing the plane of the runway then the crew could have used all the available runway gaining valuable speed. I really want to find the Washington incident report. I've read that the crew also couldn't retract the landing gear so it would be worthwhile to compare the two incidents

@philippehendrickx1109

6 ай бұрын

You want to read the book by Mike Bannister, former BA chief pilot, who was also on the accident investigation team. He discusses the crash and findings into very deep detail

Area 51 documentary please ❤️👍

Who else thinks "Boom Supersonic" might not be the best name for the next generation of supersonic passenger planes? First prototype due to debut in 2026? You want to fly in a plane coming from outfit named "Boom"? I get the breaking the sound barrier inference of course but there is also that OTHER totally uncool source of BOOMS....ya know?

The Seattle Boeing Museum of Flight has one of the concordes on exhibit. You can board it and see the cabin and cockpit. It is very small inside, seats very small. Pretty cool. They have a lot of cool planes you can board. Including a former airforce 1. And a space shuttle simulator. Great place to visit in Seattle if you are into aviation history.

@joycehuang594

Жыл бұрын

I went there a couple years ago, I remember as comment that my cousin made to me after seeing the Concord seating area, she said " I don't think Grandpa can fit in these seats." I know what she means that my grandpa is a very chubby guy that wouldn't be stuck in it.

@mwhitelaw8569

Жыл бұрын

Nobody wants to go to Seattle man c'mon They'd rather go fishing or harass killer whales.

Until I watched this particular documentary, I had been under the impression that this was the very last flight of any Concorde. I thought the others had already been decommissioned and this was the last one left in service.

@dfuher968

Жыл бұрын

No, just 1 had been decommissioned some years earlier, the rest were still in service. Also, the accident aircraft was actually the very Concorde used in the filming of Airport '79.

WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SOMEONE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB ATTACHING THAT PEICE OF METAL TO THAT CONTINENTAL AIRPLANE WOULD LEAD TO AN AIRPLANE CRASH DISASTER RESULTING IN SO MANY PEOPLE DYING! 💔😭

One of the most beautiful airplanes that have ever graced the skies. Sure, it was expensive to fly on and Sure also it flew way faster than almost every plane in the air, but just look at the experience that could be enjoyed and also look at all the bragging rites One could accumulate from saying they've flew on such an awesome plane. I can assure you that I would have almost sold my soul just to get a ride on this beauty.

@bmstylee

7 ай бұрын

The Concorde and the SR-71 may be my favorites planes ever. The F-14, F-18, and A-10 are definitely close.

A whoooole lot was wrong before the passengers boarded! That plane should've been grounded for repairs but hold on...some luggage got loaded that wasn't weighed along with extra fuel...too much weight!!

John hutchinson तो राज कपूर साहब लग रहा है 😂😂😂😂

It's an amazing aircraft! It would take only 3-4 hours to cross the Atlantic... I wouldn't be able t to fly on it cuz of the price. Maybe one day a new Concord will come back?! 🤞😊

@lionbacker

Жыл бұрын

Lookup boom supersonic

Everything went wrong in a microsecond, what a terrible tragedy, that plane was absolutely doomed. Beautiful plane, unforgettable, 50's nuclear-fueled utopias powers had at the time pushing time technology to the very literal limits.

The Concorde was way ahead of its time. The technology required to make it economically viable just wasn't available at the time. If there was the technology to fit it with more fuel efficient engines and reduce the noise of the sonicboom then it might have worked. I don't think the excess fuel and weight contributed to the accident. The foreign debris strike was bad enough that the airplane would have gone down no matter what. The plane would have been OK if it hadn't hit the debris, even though it was overweight.

Now you know why the military has FOD walks.

@ronjon7942

Жыл бұрын

So does de Gaulle airport. I’ve no idea the frequency now, but at that time it was twice per day.

impressive for a bird Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture - 37000 feet

We Will make it short,It went to wrong hand.

Idk why people say that. Concorde was such a magnificent thing. It was like no other. It was an ERA. And even the A380 has more than 2 people in its crew. God. If u can bring back boom overture I don't see why concorde was banned in the first place. And tf, bruh. Go ask those pilots who trained for concorde they simply describe it as marvelous. America and not just America but every other nation was just jealous that they didn't have a supersonic plane of their own.

The excess taxi fuel and the extra baggage weren't really a factor in this accident. Once that fuel caught fire, there was no saving this plane. It was a blowtorch cutting its way through the control systems and surfaces. If they had not been there, it would not have mattered. It was the overfilled fuel tanks and that strip of metal that are the key factors in this. Remove one or the other, and this accident likely doesn't happen.

@jameshisself9324

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps, but the weakness of the design to tolerate blown tire debris is the root cause engineering failure. It's possible that removing any of the three would have prevented this accident, but the design weakness meant that anytime that the tanks were overfilled and/or they hit debris on a runway it would happen. Better for the airframe to tolerate a blown tire then to expect a blown tire to never happen.

@billrussells2521

Жыл бұрын

For me I see no reason why the pilot had to take her off the ground. It's clear the flames started when the plane had not yet really reached takeoff speed. What were those on the Air traffic control doing and not tell the pilot to avoid takeoff??

@Uldihaa

Жыл бұрын

@@billrussells2521 Because they had passed V-1, which means they couldn't stop the plane before it ran off the tarmac even if they took the engines back to idle.

@Samuel-gc6js

Жыл бұрын

It resulted in the centre of gravity becoming too rearward which is why they left the fuel transfer valves on during the take off. Against standard operating procedure. Furthermore Concorde was over its maximum structural take off weight

@philippehendrickx1109

6 ай бұрын

​@jameshisself9324 you can call it a design flaw but I think that's up for discussion. This aircraft was designed for mach2 speed. The wing needed to be very thin. Every design has its pros and cons. Don't forget the airplane flew for 24 years without an accident. On British Airways side the risk of blown tires and subsequent damage to the wing was mitigated by making sure no re treated tires were used. As far as I understand AF didn't follow BA in that decision.

Excelente documental, pero pésima elección musical

I still can not believe they tossed this plane after one very bad accident , they know it was something on the runway that hit the tire which punched threw the fuel tank , make sure the runway is clear and do something with the fuel tanks ? She will fly...High costs may really be it's demise.

@RuSrsbro

Жыл бұрын

It barely made money, was difficult to maintain and required specially trained crews to fly. Basically, it wasn't worth it

@Samuel-gc6js

Жыл бұрын

Concorde made British Airways 20million pounds net profit every year from 1982 at the minimum It was the French that wanted to stop operating :(

Why couldn't they use tires that nasa used on the space shuttle

Did you know the pilots and attendents gain a higher dosage of raditation then those on the ground.

A DC-10 caused the Concorde to Crash!

@Imus-Kammer

Жыл бұрын

No boeing 737 max did lol

@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris

Жыл бұрын

No...The Concorde's Captain caused the Concorde's demise.

@Imus-Kammer

Жыл бұрын

@@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris it is a joke

@alidapurdy

Жыл бұрын

@@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris All jokes aside, the airport allowed it. All airport runways should be checked between flights bc it's actually common for there to be debris. Accidents like this prove that runways must be kept clean. They can take a few minutes between planes to look. I live near an airbase. They share runways with a large airport. There are employees hired specifically to watch the runways between flights to keep them clear.

@adithyar4974

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

Why is it too late to stop (I know their speed dictates, but the plane is on fire…)? Is it not better to at least try to stop / crash while on the ground versus taking off knowing. it is going to crash? I think the people in the hotel they crashed into would agree with me

@Soh90

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t know. He likely thought it was just an engine issue and decided to take off. I’m sure if he knew he was ablaze he wouldn’t have taken off. If I have 4 Rolls Royce engines at my disposal and I believe that only one has failed, I’d continue my take off as well. However if I KNOW I’m on fire, no way in hell do I take off. Just depends on what’s known to me.

@aikoaleksandra

Жыл бұрын

If you watch carefully the video, you wouldn't ask that question.After they reach V1 ( Velocity 1) about 140knot, they can no longer abort take off. If they abort the take off the plane would be crash anyway because they had too short runway ahead of them to stop in time due to V1 speed and exceeding the runway will end up crashing against the trees of house/building around the airport. By the way, if the pilot willing to force to abort the take off,it will damage and blast the wheel, either way they will end up crashing if they choose to abort the take off after V1.

@billrussells2521

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my point. The moment the flame ignited, they were not yet at takeoff speed, so why did the Air traffic control not tell the pilot about the gravity of the flame so he doesn't takeoff?? crashing on the ground is way better than taking off while knowing you are still going to crash.

@Soh90

Жыл бұрын

@@billrussells2521 It is not as cut and dry as “plane has issue. Pilot knows exactly what the issue is. Pilot reacts with the correct evasive action”. Similar to the miracle on the Hudson, all “experts” say that he could have made it back to the airport, which is true IF he had turned back immediately. But as we all know, that simply wasn’t the case. ATC controls air traffic and keeps planes from hitting each other. They have zero jurisdiction on what pilots do in the cockpit. Just because an engine is on fire does not mean the plane will crash. 99% of planes that are forced to take off with one non operable engine return back to the airport safely. Therefore as the Pilot of this particular flight, there was no reason to believe that after a flameout of just 1 of 4 engines that they couldn’t just take off and return to back to the airport to sort things out. Edit: keeping in mind that they were on fire. If they abort that takeoff and crash on the ground, at 183 knots (roughly 210 mph) they most certainly crash in a twisted ball of fire and everyone perishes as a result. Taking off were their BEST course of action. The only lives that likely would have been spared were those innocent soles in the hotel. The whole thing was just simply a tragedy.

@billrussells2521

Жыл бұрын

@@Soh90 I get u well now. Thanks for the detailed elaboration.

International bring back the Concorde…

To say the pilot took off not knowing he had a blow torch of a fire trailing his left wing is incorrect, there is ATC audio of the tower controller advising AF4590 you have fire/flame from your left wing and advising him of return to field options or alternate options.

@davidkeenan5642

Жыл бұрын

There's a point during take at which the aircraft is going too fast and there's too little runway left that the aircraft must take off. The pilots had no option.

@billrussells2521

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the comment I was looking for. Happy I found someone reasoning in line with me. I fully blame those in the Air control tower. Pure negligence and carelessness. How on earth do they even allow someone to takeoff with that huge chunk of flame??

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

@@billrussells2521 it wasn't possible to stop at that point. It's not a car.

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

Whether the Captain knew there was a fire on the wing is irrelevant. He HAD to take off at that point.

The other plane was in danger as well.

👍👍

Who gave that pilot a license?

Java Indonesia no 4 coment. Peace for live

Show me calculations on the titanium metal vs tyre piece hit the wing of the plane.

Greetings from Kenya 👏.. today am late to tune in but better late than never

Plz make Documentary on Pakistan presion system

Big words for help us pay off lawsuits and we won't blame you on record... got it! See how easy it is to read between the lines?

one UMF

I've never understood why the pilot didn't try to land on that highway which was right under them? Yeah, I know it probably would have hit and killed some people in cars but chances were much better that the 100 people on the plane would have had a better chance of survival.

@aikoaleksandra

Жыл бұрын

Tell me how to land on highway while no hydraulic system works due to fire? The plane was uncontrollabe due to hydraulic fault. Didnt you watch the documentary till the end?

I will never understand why pilots dont try and Put a stricken bird Back on the ground.

@glamourchick21

Жыл бұрын

In this case, they never got the chance to try. The moment they became aware of the problem, it was too late to abandon takeoff safely. And by then, the plane already so badly damaged that they didn’t have enough control to bring it down safely.

Man that first guy really looks like a fallout ghoul

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

No he doesn't. Stop being so rude and mean spirited. I think he looks perfectly fine. He's just thin.

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

And he has a sexy accent!!

Haunts Boeing😢

@coolgirlfrozenfeet

Жыл бұрын

Why? They didn’t make the Concorde or the DC-10.

Just another case when the americans caused pain and suffering for the French and Germans. Nothing new. Don't forget they blew up Nord Stream too (with the brits).

@alexandreleite2541

4 ай бұрын

You’re delusional, talk to a psychiatrist. 😮

A American aircraft left a part on the runway ( fell off) no great mystery .

The concord accident was they were to busy counting the money and they didn't want to tale the time to check the Plaine or nothing probably they got gready and don't want to spend

I personally know nothing about Airlines, but this so sad🥲

The crash would not have happened had they taken off in the opposite direction

@dfuher968

Жыл бұрын

Thats a very definitive statement. U cant know that. Quite possibly not. Quite possibly the crash wouldnt have happened, if any1 of the many tiny links in the chain had been changed. Thats the thing about these accidents. Unless it is something like very definitive like a bomb, its never just 1 cause, its the Swiss cheese model of many many many tiny little holes, that all have to line up for it to happen. In this case, sadly it did. But claiming that it happened just due to the direction of takeoff is completely missing the point.

@aikoaleksandra

Жыл бұрын

Mostly all take off just on one direction.

You spelled documentary wrong haha

@FreeDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

thanks. Typo will be amended forthwith 😊

Without watching... The answer is a piece of metal debris on the runway that ruptured the left main landing gear tires after V1.

@meghanmisaliar

Жыл бұрын

Yes. We know. It's not a trivia quiz. No on asked you to give an answer.

Strip of metal from a boeing left on the runway. That caused it. You're welcome.

@alidapurdy

Жыл бұрын

Boeing never made the DC10. That was McDonnall Douglas.

@mmdirtyworkz

Жыл бұрын

@@alidapurdy I stand corrected.

what went wrong in 2016 when 60 million americans voted trump???

@tysonthomson6847

Жыл бұрын

true

1) Frank Lorenzo 2) Lorenzo’s shoddy maintenance on Continental Air. 3) A part of a Continental plane falling off and landing on the runway in front of Concorde 4) Concorde hitting said part, flew up, hitting fuel tank, causing fire and crash 5) Frank Lorenzo Is a murderer. Did he pay……..NO. Is he dead? NO! Should he be? God yes!

You expect us to believe tires designed or in this case for concorde over designed could have a piece cut off by some metal loose on the runway from another plane ... if that were the case then i would have to change my car's tires every time I went up the road and back. This was 100 percent down to captain error and pressure from the renting company.

@bogda3560

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you don;t factor the speed at which that tire crossed that metal

@aikoaleksandra

Жыл бұрын

@@bogda3560 Yeah due to the speed of the plane. Just like the case why a nail can stuck in the wheel.

No one was that sad a plane full of rich people paying 10k+ USD for a ticket perished.

@tonytapat1161

Жыл бұрын

A bunch of people who chose not to waste no time to get rich