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The Air France Concorde crash was caused by an object falling off the previous plane, a Continental Airlines plave. This sharp object was flicked up by the tyres of Concorde and pierced its fuel tanks, causing a fire which brought the plane down 10 miles after take off. There was no chance for the passengers and crew from the moment the plane went past the speed when it has to take to the air.
Nevertheless the plane had a perfect safety record and its unrivalled beauty will never be matched. It was expensive to fly on, cost £8,000 for a return from London to JFK. The advantages were huge, arriving in JFK before you had taken off from London (if you get the drift) and is/was the worlds only "time machine" for passengers.
Personally I am gutted its gone. I saw it on its maiden flight from Filton, and regularly it used to fly over my house on testing before it went into service.
BA should pass it to Branson, but it wont happen in a million years. What a shame Blair and his buch or cretins havent stepped in, as its a national treasure which is being retired many years before it needs to be.
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