• superkret@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    Concorde was cancelled because one crash instantly turned it into the least safe plane statistically, and demand was dropping.

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      13 hours ago

      The crash at Charles de Galle contributed along with 9/11, the sonic boom limiting flights and the inability to fly across the Pacific. Also the plane is super narrow making seating uncomfortable.