This plane could cross the Atlantic in 3.5 hours. Why did it fail?

The Concorde gave us supersonic transport. But why did this supersonic plane fail? The answer is complicated.
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[@dylanw.8428]

“The droop snoot.” “The droop snoot?” “The snoot would droop.” “The snoot drooped.”

[@egregius9314]

Great, another person copy pasted a comment.

[@tonyromano6220]

Dylan W. Droop died.

[@subratajana7507]

Lol😂

[@AviaForce]

hows this funny

[@thepoglin8479]

there it is the famous line

[@tohungwongify]

*dRoOP snOOT. ThE snOOt wOuLD dRoOp*

[@aryadwitama]

Mark referenced

[@noodletongs2664]

I love that man

[@sourlemon83]

Ｓ Ｎ Ｏ Ｏ Ｔ Ｄ Ｒ Ｏ Ｏ Ｐ

[@dioderent2653]

NOOT NOOT SNOOP DROOP

[@stevensurack2923]

The droop snooped.

[@smilinglynn9584]

My husband and I flew Concorde in 1987. It was very comfortable and a thrilling experience. As a WW2 naval aviator, my husband was amazed by the technology in the cockpit. We were allowed in the flight deck while over the Atlantic.

[@boomboxmachine]

Quite an experience.

[@Dat-Doomba]

Wow

[@xlr__ryan]

@Heavy Metal God okay, armchair pilot. I’m sure you’ve flown multiple jets before so you know all about these technical terms

[@xlr__ryan]

@Flatearth Granny you think that’s all Pilots do? With a name like that, I’m sure you believe it

[@CricketBrah]

Could you safely walk around while the concorde went supersonic?

[@kennooo535]

“This plane is bad for the ozone layer” Rest of the worlds super polluting industries: oh really?

[@blundy1]

Sad reality, right? It's nice to see some change today (as miniscule as it is).

[@mikerplaysyt]

700 yrs ago!?

[@The-Great-Brindian]

And to think billionaires are in a race to send fellow billionaires just out of the earths atmosphere to see the earths curvature at the cost of seriously damaging our planet, the absurdity of the rich bewilders me beyond words. Cruel to say this, but if there was a 'space travel disaster', don't come running back to me to say 'omg you told us so!' just saying, look at past lessons in history. It took a MAJOR DISASTER to come back and do it right. Titanic, that big weather baloon thing, etc.

[@thomasliptak9469]

@@The-Great-Brindian God i love capitalism

[@aegonthedragon7303]

People: ban Concorde. Also them: lets drill more oil and use carbon rich substances for manufacturing.

[@1SIK500]

I'd rather be uncomfortable for three and a half hours, than slightly less uncomfortable for seven hours...

[@angryblimppowell3169]

so true

[@jaredsquirrels5242]

It's probably more unsafe than uncomfortable

[@uhhdrix]

+Ludwig The Great and MUUUUCH more expensive

[@1SIK500]

+Ludwig The Great But think about it. If the project was never dropped, we would have time to advance the aircraft today.

[@jaredsquirrels5242]

2NDSIDE Like Alex said, it may to too expensive to manufacture so many, full them, and not to mention only rich people could probably afford a flight. Evten at that, it wouldn't be entirely comfortable for a luxurious class ride anyway.

[@nialldillon5861]

Has it not taken the titanic 106 years and counting to cross the Atlantic? 🤔

[@blue_pingu]

Smh whens it gonna arrive 😤

[@johncarlofernando1705]

Im at port right niw waiting for someone called "Jack" but its says Status Delayed wtf is goin on im gonna ask the staff why

[@InfoSopher]

That was a very ... dark and deep joke. Too soon?

[@anonymousanthropoid]

John Carlo Fernando LMAOOOOOO

[@jasminespace]

Oh god dammit 💀

[@_A4A]

As a teenager, I flew with my Dad on the Concorde in early 2000. I remember our round trip tickets costing $9,800 dollars a piece. My ears felt like they were going to explode and it was actually very loud inside the plane. The food was DELICIOUS!... There was so much going on inside the plane with all the adults that I found that more intriguing & interesting, than the deep dark blue atmosphere you could see outside the plane and all the stars!.....

[@tbg6070]

"There was so much going on inside the plane with all the adults that I found that more intriguing & interesting" What do you mean?

[@_A4A]

@@tbg6070 I purposely omitted those details for a reason. Those plane tickets include a full discretion clause so what happens at that altitude, stays at that altitude!...

[@sluggie1018]

Youre talking about mile high club or drugs or something

[@The-Great-Brindian]

I flew on Pan Am once. in 1988, but not on the plane that crashed lol good god no, but it was a few months before that Lockerbie disaster. What a tragedy that was. The food we had on Pan Am was amazing. The best flight I've ever flown on to date is Gulf Air, its was an Arab flight. The music I was listening to made no sense but it still rocked lol

[@pengii6804]

@@The-Great-Brindian cool?

[@Tommyboy6426]

Fun fact: Phil Collins flew from England to the US in a day on a Concorde so he could make an appearance at both Live Aid events.

[@RegiyThornton]

How long did the flight take

[@Tommyboy6426]

@@RegiyThornton 3 hours

[@LeonSjberg37702]

LOL

[@Dreamskater100]

Brilliant.

[@Zergul_Zai]

??

[@kaiser2823]

"Because of angled landing the Concord featured a droop snoot." "A droop snoot?" "Yeah, the snoot would droop." "The snoot drooped." You see, this is truly the real reason as to why this needs to be brought back.

[@snootdoot3983]

I agree.

[@grandhomme4183]

*Concorde.

[@DorianTMChannel]

Snout

[@galenerso1594]

Snoop de droop ! Snoop de droop droop droop !

[@danieljensen2626]

Just as long as the front doesn't fall off.

[@PinderProductions]

I do wish someone would try this again.

[@MegaCanucksrule]

Pinder Productions look up boom aerospace!

[@andrefullwood6804]

I'm sure something is in the works.

[@Boolama27]

.... Elon musk?!

[@PinderProductions]

kiwicant I hope so.

[@moviemaker2011z]

They are... the plan is to build a plane that goes so fast that its main training standard is to cut the engines while over the ocean and cruise in going around 500mph for a landing... according to specs, there will be no windows but cameras with screens on the wall to act as windows because of the MK3 speed. The engines are currently in testing and proving to be very successful.

[@curtisthomas2670]

During the "Live Aid" concerts in the 80's Phil Collins of Genesis played live at the Wembley England leg of the concert, took a couple chopper rides and a Concorde flight and played live in the Philadelphia leg of the concert on the same day.

[@johnw1954]

yes he did

[@Boki199611]

Wow!

[@vitoc8454]

He also sang the Tarzan soundtrack in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Wouldn't be surprised if he gives the eulogy at his own funeral.

[@Dreamskater100]

@@vitoc8454 Lol!

[@Dreamskater100]

Brilliant.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Thank you for this. I remember this plane, and only now I noticed it just vanished out of thin air!

[@lilreshi.]

🎉

[@kingraiderr]

Jet

[@txtabby]

Only now?? It's been gone for 11 yrs.

[@arealrodney3496]

21 you mean

[@jacobruiz97]

@@txtabby *20 years

[@OmarDelawar]

This is literally one of the best mini-documentaries, ever!

[@Josh-xz4ec]

I agree

[@khalidh1810]

It would be 45mins or more if was produced by Nat Geo

[@PastaSenpai]

They should really stick to these types of documentaries instead of their political agenda trash.

[@imprrza3969]

Omar Delawar yes because of dem droop snoots but it is still interesting nonetheless

[@paper2222]

the snoot drooped

[@MasonicadaM]

i remember seeing concorde set off when i was like 5 and i cried at how loud it was

[@raygleeson5220]

Adam S

[@kapilpatel4849]

Adam Schofield lol this comment made me laugh, something I would do too lmao. These aircrafts are so badass.

[@travelerguide1251]

behind my house is a military base and i hate those planes noises

[@metro3041]

+carlos valdes I LOVE the sounds of jets and planes taking off.

[@jirapatthaenphromrat2910]

+METRO If you stood next to it your ears will shatter

[@MNGLD-do2kc]

Vox: Makes a 10 minute documentary that requires hours of work and an interview with a professional engineer Everyone: HAHAHHAA snoot go droop

[@nafanarefour4564]

My great uncle helped design the engines of the Concorde, this is super interesting to watch!

[@Lonestarr1337]

wow dude huge Titanic spoilers wtf

[@CapitalCSGO]

If you haven't seen titanic by now then you can't complain about its ending.

[@divineright9214]

+Docter Fishy do you not understand sarcasm?

[@Jagerbomber]

You did catch the sarcasm, right?...

[@rnlh9007]

+Docter Fishy How long have you lived upon this Earth to not undetstand sarcasm

[@KevintheBooth]

perhaps everyone was being facetious....

[@PETROLSCENTED]

"the Concorde featured a droop snoot." Droop Snoot ? "the Snoot would Droop." the Snoot Drooped. THE BEST DOCUMENTARY NARRATOR EVER.

[@anthony3221]

Imam Dwi Septiadi loo

[@Headwyres]

Snoot Droppy Droop

[@danielguerrant6952]

Super snooper drooper

[@rootykazooty351]

2nd best narrator, after Benedict "Penweg" Cumberbatch.

[@nomier]

*Droop Dog*

[@brennanceltic]

We lived in its flight path in London back in the 90s....it was unbelievably loud but amazing to watch, going almost vertically up after take-off.

[@Wilfredturkington]

I was born in 93 London and I remember the sound of them literally drowning out the noise central London traffic. You would eventually find a tiny white dot in the sky. It was so so loud its indescribable now.

[@user-gw3lp3lb1o]

I used to live close to Prestwick where the Concorde pilots would practice there landing but they could never touch down so they just did a few go around it was loud

[@davalleyguy5020]

In nova scotia, we were hundreds of miles from its path to new york. At that distance, it's hard to believe yet we heard the sonic boom every morning at 830. Sound must travel well over the ocean over such distance

[@soapftw96]

The internet is also part of the reason why a new Concorde is unlikely for awhile. Concorde flights were mostly for business because companies could afford to pay the higher ticket prices. It is much cheaper to just use a webcam and telecommute meetings than to fly 4000 miles.

[@oldtwins]

Corporate travel budgets were slashed a long time ago for middle managers, forcing them to fly coach. No fun, so they embrace teleconferencing. Only executives can fly first and the 1% elite these days have so much money they can just afford to lease their own planes for the most convenient and fastest way to travel. Pick up the phone and have your flight crew ready to go in a few hours, 24x7, can't beat that.

[@FictualKyle]

soapftw96 the people that were paying 15,000$ for a ticket still pay 15,000$ for a ticket, business men prefer to meet irl.

[@rubenscott3972]

soapftw96 rich ppl love to travel I would pay

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Of course you're correct, but it's too bad. Frankly, I doubt we'll ever see Super-sonic transports again, at least not in my lifetime.

[@heatmoon]

M.J. Leger I think it will be difficult because of the amout of fuel being used and therefore emissions beimg created. However, Virgin Galactic is developing a commercial passenger plane using "Boom Technology" that will go Mach 2.2 and could be ready by 2020. Richard Branson is superman.

[@Cohdiboi]

One of the biggest factors they failed to mention was that by the early 2000s, internet/email/telepresence/other technological advances were making it less necessary for business executives to fly across the ocean and back in one day just to do a business meeting. So your already-small customer market was shrinking even more.

[@4seeableTV]

Well said.

[@meghanmisaliar]

That's a great point.

[@dorakovacs7315]

Exactly.

[@riantidownload4044]

Nice argument

[@francistristan2998]

Great point

[@oliviasteven1796]

My parents knew it was dinner time when they heard the Concorde take off every evening in London

[@profligatepassages]

They've not eaten dinner since the early 00s?

[@EyreAffair]

Today - June 3, 2021 - United Airlines announced that they ordered 15 new supersonic jets to be built by American start-up Boom Supersonic, to be completed by the year 2029, pending U.S. government approval. The model is the "Overture", and is expected to be the Concorde's direct successor. Testing will begin in 2025-2026.

[@lorddarlo6194]

Apparently Emirates might be relaunching Concorde I doubt it the Fremch will deffo give them there's but the BA ones it plans to have BA won't give as there preservered

[@billclinton3862]

I doubt that will take off, Especially in todays world my uncle worked on the Concorde and harrier jump jet and he doubts it himself

[@simon.houseaccount4807]

That be 😎

[@spookysquirtle]

EXITING, we havemade strived innoisecancelation

[@historyZZ]

@@billclinton3862 you don’t think rich Arabs will pay for the tickets? If it works the rich will pay for it

[@ZolaMagic25]

My dad once flew on the Concorde. BA overbooked his flight so upgraded him.

[@mattblaster1470]

Lucky guy.

[@jaywillis2581]

Mattblaster 14

[@nikitagorshkov2580]

I flew myself im a pilot so...

[@ZolaMagic25]

Nikita Gorshkov Wow... You actually flew the Concorde?

[@Awesome14450]

I use to be an X-Wing pilot, I fly Puddle Jumpers now. My favourite though, was a Firefly

[@josephlazo4408]

“It flew so high you could see the earth’s curve” well no wander flat earthers exist! They took this plane away 😂

[@g4goddessshoes]

😭😭

[@DraqonfruitYT]

Random YT underraated comment

[@g4goddessshoes]

😭

[@Murhulaem]

😂 😂 😂

[@interrexclamacion]

*wonder

[@EvieAviation]

I grew up near Heathrow, and I still miss standing in the street watching Concorde roar over head, leaving a trail of car alarms in her wake!

[@electronwave4551]

Once, Concorde made a one-off visit to Perth airport. For take off (the weekend), people were gathered at the fringe of the airport to watch and I plugged my ears as it passed overhead, but Dad decided to tough it out and he regretted it as his ears were ringing the rest of the day and partially deaf. (It was loudest when just beyond overhead as then the engine exhausts were pointing toward everyone.) The flight path was over a light industrial area and all the alarms there could be heard in the distance. It was so loud you could not really relax enough to appreciate the view of this magnificent supersonic airplane!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

I miss the sound and the sight ...and everyone going "Oh look ...Concorde!" despite the fact that were several of em!

[@Cjbx11]

I think the sad thing is that aviation appears to be the only bit of technology that in my lifetime hasn’t advanced but has actually reversed. Unless things change we could be in a bizarre situation in which you’ll be able to tell your grandkids that when you were young you could fly from London to New York in just 3.5 hrs while taking them well over 7hrs,

[@arahman56]

More like "when I was young, plane seats actually had enough room to stretch out your legs!"

[@zikalokof1challenge414]

Not really. Ever heard of the 787 and the A350? These beasts were launched just on the beggining of the 2010s and made a HUGE improvement and revolution on the aviation industry

[@zikalokof1challenge414]

@@arahman56 I'd rather have more safety than legroom today. Lets remember that the 50s, 60s and 70s were the "Golden Age" but also one of the most dangerous times to fly

[@arahman56]

@@zikalokof1challenge414 Safety is not why there's less legroom today.

[@zikalokof1challenge414]

@@arahman56 I dont care. I'd rather have less regroom than flying in a DC-10 with a faulty cargo door, an 747 to an diversion airport with no radar whatsoever, or back in the day where you had to report your position because there was no ATC centers/radars in some places

[@Eggemeyers]

I am really glad that my parents tore me out of bed at the age of six in 1996 to go to Sola Airport in Stavanger, Norway and watch a Concorde land. A unique experience, unattainable today, a memory I will keep forever.

[@robguevara7]

They talk about high noise levels at take off, but what about landing? Was it an issue? (from your experience)

[@Eggemeyers]

I recall it being very loud, but we didn't have hearing protection or anything. Then again, I cannot recall ever being so close to a landing commercial jet at any other time in my life, so I don't have much to compare to.

[@robguevara7]

Must have being amazing, great memories!

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi538]

Kyle Eggemeyer do you remember it because of the droop snoot?

[@surfrcali]

I agree. My dad, a test pilot, took me as a kid to the EAA show every few years and I was lucky enough to experience the fantastic sound of departure.

[@fatflash6987]

*American Airlines has left the chat*

[@italiangoat7240]

@Sinjinbin 64 r/woooooosh

[@ZaneDalton]

Christopher Flowers what pun?

[@christopherflowers6583]

@@ZaneDalton r/woosh...usually when I hear woosh I think of something flying over my head

[@shanekimvuna8800]

united*

[@weirdviews6113]

Im you're thousands like 10 months late lol

[@dharkbizkit]

we had a supersonic passenger jet, a space shuttle, hovercraft that crossed channels in the 90s. now 30 years later, the future feels like the past

[@ilkkak3065]

We have howerboard and 6" "pocket TV"

[@mosestekper7659]

The space shuttle is a marvel of engineering.

[@chadnguyen6332]

I wouldn't consider Concorde a failure. I see it as the commerical passenger equivalent of an SR-71 Blackbird. Both planes were among fastest and one of the most revolutionary aircrafts ever built. But economic/financial difficulties and high-cost eventually led to both planes being retired from service.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Yep, I'd agree with that.

[@abira483]

Short Summary of the video: 1. Cost of the plane 2. Noise when the plane is flying at supersonic speed

[@bernardcernea6792]

3. Environmental damage for large scale production

[@andrew_koala2974]

There is not any more noise when flying at supersonic speed than the level of noise at subsonic speed You either fail to understand science or fail in your ability to clearly express and explain your thought

[@bernardcernea6792]

@@noobfromnz2886 they mentioned damage to the ozone layer.

[@kenclark9888]

E Ur no damage caused by that. Or with the military ones we’d be done

[@RayleighCriterion]

4. Too many parts no longer in stock or manufacture

[@topbanana8438]

please remember concord was 1 of the safest planes ever. it was down to a dc-10 that shot this bird down

[@universalmiki7813]

But remember it probably flew less than other planes, decreasing the probability

[@topbanana8438]

UniversalMiki but remember to do research before putting false comments. British airways concord flew just below 50.000 flights over a 27 year period. That dose not include the French fleet of Concords lol

[@sulphurous2656]

top banana the DC planes were flying deathtraps

[@moviemaker2011z]

The tire explosion was due to a piece of metal on the runway and that was what popped the tire which made a piece of rubber hit the tank which broke a fuel line and causing the engine failure. The concorde was very safe despite some bad accidents. I now want to go to that museum and pay to go inside and look around. I love planes but am very (almost deathly) afraid of heights.

[@iare19]

moviemaker2011z flying is nowhere near the same experience as heights, trust me. Im also ultra scared of heights(after my friend fell from communications tower) but flying is nothing to me.

[@stuartf2946]

Flew on her twice, New York to London. Great experience, never to be forgotten. I found it very comfortable, although a little tight for space in general. Towards the end, so much was against concorde. When I travelled on her, only about 25 people on the first flight and on the second time, 33. Yes I can remember as so many empty seats. Then the crash of Air France, technology, internet and so on.

[@hpb5495]

Mach 2 super-cruise (turbojets) from London to NYC forty five years ago. I saw close up landing (on tarmac) at Bergstrom in 1978. Awesome!

[@waddles543]

this makes me so sad :(

[@tennicktenstyl]

well for that price you can try some luxury for 7 hours straight lel.

[@swiftrealm]

With that money just fly Emirates or Etihad. You'll have a better experience and it won't be over in 3 hours unless you pick a short flight.

[@StefanBrems]

And fly on an airline so heavily subsidized by its home country that it makes competition by the rest of the world's airlines impossible? No thank you!

[@faarisfarooq281]

Waddles

[@Community-Action]

Waddles- does not being able to take a Lamborghini to work make you cry too

[@conveyor2]

137 hours? Excuse me but the Titanic has yet to cross the Atlantic at all!

[@OmerFlame]

wp r it would THEORETICALLY cross the Atlantic in 137 hours.

[@noatoth-egeto1576]

he said WOULD

[@afishynado6812]

Yeah, what was he sinking?

[@tokyowarfare6729]

pit stop

[@Nick-mt5xx]

nice one

[@joebleasdale5557]

Incredible to think that British Rail was still running steam locomotives while Concorde was being designed and tested

[@Whatsayoutuber]

This is why we need more high speed trains!! It’s sad the Concorde was grounded, but I do understand that the business model was difficult. I haven’t heard anything about high speed bullet trains that would warrant their business plans unsustainable in the long term

[@jonathanortiz1250]

@3:55 " featured a "droop snoop" "the snoop would droop" Commentator: " the snoop drooped" ....wtf

[@HighWarlordJC]

The commentator echoes the first *droop snoop* too

[@TroyBrophy]

It's "droop snoot." It's actually written out in the video, right at the time reference you posted. Snoot is an informal word that means "nose."

[@SiliconBong]

Hence the term 'snooty' or looking down one's nose to show disapproval or contempt towards those considered a lower social class.

[@user-lw8jk6nv7l]

boop the snoot

[@lazoputz3514]

not the cockpit the nose

[@lolz24000]

Done partly by the Brits, so it was probably made with maths not math

[@theawecabinet]

Don't forget le math.

[@KHCoasterKid]

It was more than just "partly" done by the Brits, we did just as much as the French did thank you very much!

[@sinecosine7493]

+KHCoasterKid Third was the brits Another third was the french And another was... Other

[@Horizon301.]

+KHCoasterKid yes the last Concorde went working Bristol and now sits in the airfield in Filton near to the site where many were Built its a shame that they destroyed the factory

[@aarongilchrist9373]

+theawecabinet No in French it's "les maths".

[@claudiamiller7730]

Once, in the ‘90’s, I saw a Concorde on the tarmac in Honolulu when we were flying home from a trip....just made my day...what a gorgeous plane!!

[@simonh6371]

No you didn't. It only flew transatlantic routes.

[@Recessio]

This was the video that first introduced me to Vox, and I still think it's one of the best you've ever done.

[@SBgolfreviews]

I flew on the concorde twice. Greatest plane of all time absolutely no question.

[@calebtrost3224]

That is quite a lot of money sir

[@danielclaros3243]

Impossible anyone who rode that is now dead.... He said 1935-1947

[@danielclaros3243]

+TheM4hero damn u need to do your research before coming in here like u know it all

[@jessieleeofficial]

what are you talking about lol

[@DelSqueeto]

You mean greatest experience of all time! If it were the greatest plane there would be more of them and we would still be utilising them!

[@TMWT]

The Concorde crash was caused by a piece of metal that came off the Boeing plane in front of it from Continental Airlines. Americans...

[@chexquest87]

Yes. All 300+ million of us are idiots. Although I admit most Americans are. Sadly...

[@Applegjg]

I'm American and I knew that.

[@thenextcommentis6665]

+John Williams well congratulations, you are in a minority.

[@GuruAidTechSupport]

It was not a Boeing it was a DC 30.

[@thenextcommentis6665]

+GuruAidTechSupport *Boeing

[@Goddessattractor]

I was so sad this incredible, elegant, and powerful marvel was laid to rest …RIP. I flew on the last flight of the one in the Smithsonian. One of the most memorable events of my life!

[@jayjaymejia4149]

Your video popped up out of no where on the feed and it is such an awesome mini doc. Wow I never that SST existed.

[@AirlinersHD]

Vox Sorry, but I object to the title. This plane has never failed, and this is one of the best aircraft ever if not the best and most legendary because it is 30 years of flying Mach 2. The accident was not his fault!

[@mrmonkeylama7933]

In my opinion the SR-71 Blackbird is the most legendary plane, even though it needed refuelling every 90 mins and only held 2 people.

[@JahonCross]

+Matthew Schuurmans true its a great rexon plane as well

[@JahonCross]

+Joseph Senatus recon*

[@Snookenas]

He said the accident wasen't the main purpose the Concorde failed -.- Did you watch the whole video??

[@JonasRosenven]

He objected to the title. Not the content.

[@MyRandomCommentsXD]

One piece of very important information this video did not include was that when it mentioned that "Concorde punctured a tire" at 5:16, the puncture was actually caused by a metal piece that fell off from an aircraft taken off prior to Concorde's departure. The tire puncture was not actually Concorde's fault. In other words, the Concorde was too good for its generation that it was required to be grounded.

[@hmhmhmlol3252]

But aircraft tire failure does not normally cause two engine failures and a wing to disintegrate. The tire blowing wasn't Concorde's fault, but a tire causing catastrophic structural damage and an unrecoverable crash was due to poor design using underclassed tires and being overweight, which is why they redesigned the landing gear and lost their manslaughter lawsuit against the company that dropped the debris in French courts.

[@watchgoose]

you'd better read up on it some more - debris was sent into the wing - tire failure didn't have a lot to do with it. Two engines failed but #1 recovered and three engines were operational after that. But being overweight (yes) and having passed V1, they didn't have enough runway left to abort.

[@hmhmhmlol3252]

***** It was a piece of the _tire_ itself that ejected at 310 mph, which caused the tank in the wing to come off its support and rupture, and then ignite _two_ of the engines. That's bad design. The tires might have been barely specified for that speed, but they sure were not specified to fail safely at that speed. They also stuck open which drag combined with overweight caused the aircraft to be completely unable to climb. Only the tire blowing out was the fault of the debris. The aircraft being _forced_ into a climb that it physically could not perform and then _disintegrating_, is the fault of the landing gear design and poor inspection. Which they later addressed and improved. They wouldn't have improved if they were confident in that design.

[@hmhmhmlol3252]

***** The Concorde flying for 27 years doesn't prove anything. When you compare the ratio of people flown safely vs people killed in accidents, the Concorde places well _below_ conventional airliners in terms of safety. They only ever ever built 20 Concordes with limited flights, so that one accident is actually a big deal.

[@81zed]

I believe the Air France crash was the only major incident that Concorde had. It had a fantastic safety record. I doubt you could say that about any other manufacturer. The Soviet era Tu-144 was a complete disaster which is why it never really flew. Now THAT was an unsafe aircraft in comparison to Concorde.Given your scenario, it is my first guess that you have never flown an airplane before in your life. It's much more complicated than that.

[@vkdrk]

"It was exiting to get to New York before you've left" 🥰 this!

[@uptheduffagain]

Built in the 70's,yet still looks ahead of it's time today

[@kernowpictures3882]

And the prototypes were built in the 60s

[@10goni]

we just recently had two fighter jets go supersonic in switzerland. almos half of switzerland was able to hear it. it was really really loud.

[@nishtagram2802]

may Syrian , Iraqis, Palestinian, Afgani peoples too hear this horrible sound as horror

[@10goni]

Manish Sinja k, then

[@nishtagram2802]

+CAPSLOCK you guys living in developed country and hear this sounds occasionally. .but they r living in fears n tears

[@terrylambert8149]

I grew up in Oklahoma City and remember those sonic boom tests every day at2:30 boom boom boom. I don't think we were even directly under the flight path

[@sc0608023]

It's either because sonic boom is really lound, just as you stated, or Switzerland is really, really small. Haha.

[@max10dler]

The snoot drooped.

[@brendonowens4950]

DogoByte woot?

[@windlockatc]

What are you going on aboot?

[@nurdvpn]

DogoByte *noot intensifies*

[@pinecone9619]

Snoot snoot

[@frog7401]

DogoByte harder than the fidget spinner views

[@thefilipinogamertfg]

Concorde: Exists and is successful Some random debris from a DC-10: *I'm gonna end this man's whole career*

[@kenniththomas2167]

Concorde was a great British and French achievement in aviation . Will we ever see such a plane like it again in future ? that depends on ,if new clean propulsion systems are invented and if the need for such a plane is required ! Concorde made the world a smaller place for the rich and famous , I will always remember looking up and seeing this incredible aircraft flying overhead when living in Reading England, and hearing the sonic boom as it passed over the Bristol channel from my home in South Wales .

[@zebracherub]

Fun fact: due to the high-speed of travel and the droop snoot design, the cockpit actually expanded during flight. During flight, you could put your hand in a gap between two panels, a gap that didn't exist when parked on ground.

[@alexferguson5346]

The whole aircraft actually stretched as much as 30cm during flight due to the heat. They had to get specially designed carpet for this reason.

[@boffis123]

One of the Concorde pilots in British airways put his hat in that gap during the final flight of one of the aircrafts. Now the hat is still there stuck in the tiny gap it is while on the ground.

[@paulabbott3601]

I was an ground engineer on Concorde in the 90's, and was lucky enough to get on a test flight after a rebuild. I have had my fingers in that gap, seen the sun rise in the west and curvature of the earth. ...and dropped a screw down inside the droop snoot, took 2 shifts to get it out.

[@Customwinder1]

Paul Abbott cool job mate 👍

[@MrEiriku]

buttsex

[@juranovium6808]

The Concorde crash was not the Concorde's fault. The plane that took of before it dropped a big metal piece. Any aircraft would fail.

[@player276]

Your information is about a decade and a half out of date =/

[@juranovium6808]

player276 Heh, well. I wrote it because in the video they said that the crash was only the Concorde's fault.

[@-SUM1-]

This is right, thank you someone pointed it out.

[@Gameflyer001]

The Concorde still had a long history of tire blowouts and bracket failures before that incident.

[@angelog4150]

That plane was a Continental DC-10. So technically it's continentals fault.

[@IntergalacticPotato999]

Mom: "Drink your milk. It's warm." Me after drinking it: 3:09

[@liondyi]

underrated

[@alain-danieltankwa8007]

Thanks for this video. I always wondered

[@nemosis9449]

This beautiful creature which you could hear coming from miles away would fly over my house in London every day at the same time and every one around would stop and look up and watch her roar past, not only did you see her you also felt her and this always made me smile.

[@Handle35667]

“Beautiful creature”. LMAO.

[@gravydavy4188]

@@Handle35667 yes she was.

[@gameplaychannel1309]

@Bugler55 lol you liked your own comment

[@gameplaychannel1309]

@Bugler55 😆

[@amber5539]

Ahhh. I love the droop snoot.

[@disorganizedorg]

You failed to note that the debris left on the runway by a Continental Airways DC-10 that had an inappropriate repair done was the immediate cause of the accident. It was not exclusively a tire design fault on the Concorde. I also doubt that the presence of a Flight Engineer was much of a factor in the retirement; given the fares charged their salary would be trivial.

[@MikeDemise]

All_Roads You seem to forget that Concorde had a 100% safety record before this incident. That is from the mid 70s until the 00s. The absolute reason Concorde was grounded was because of this. And that reason was because of another airlines plane. After 911 Concorde was not not financially viable for most if not all airlines at the time.THIS is why Concorde died.

[@gr8cescale]

@@MikeDemise Concorde did actually become profitablr for BA for a while after 9/11. But when Airfrance retired their fleet, the £100M pound maintenance fees were put on BA, and that was just too much

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

Concorde was profitable for the British in 2002 but not Air France, and British Airways couldnt afford to take care of them on their own

[@stevetheduck1425]

The recommendations from the accident: Do correct maintenance, no rush jobs. Inspect for missing parts before every flight, and report that parts are missing to the airports you have just come from. Check your runways for foreign objects more often. Clean your runways more often. Put protective surrounds around your fuel tanks near the tyres (done on BA Concordes, but not on Air France). Do not blame the aircraft because you did not build it.

[@sanjaykrishna2953]

I’m sure it adds up, and how many planes beside the a380 actually need a mandatory 3 staff cockpit, even as far back as 2003 3 staff cockpits we’re going out of fashion

[@Delta132]

I love the fact that 16 million people have witnessed "droop snoot"

[@secondvoltage]

Never got to fly on one sadly, but when I was a kid I used to go down to Heathrow just to watch them taking off. Was always awesome.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Too bad chief scholl keys concorde

[@webduelist]

5:27 that is actually wrong a Continental Airlines DC-10 lost a piece of the engine cowl, the piece was run over by concord causing it to blow a tire, the tire piece then stuck the delta wing causing a shock wave in the fuel and for the tank to be blown open. Concorde was already committed to take-off by this point, a resulting fire from leaking fuel burned off the Concords control surfaces, and it was unable to return for landing or make it to next airport.

[@lm1584]

Concorde, and specifically Air France, had numerous close calls with tires rupturing in the 80s and 90s. . The AF flight that crashed exceeded aft CoG limits and was missing a critical wheel spacer, thanks to AF mechanic's ineptitude. All of these factors contributed to its demise.

[@r12004rewy]

+Leevi Hinkkala Totally agree with your post

[@davet11]

spot on..... welcome to US revisionist propaganda. The first nail in Concorde's ability to achieve financial success was protectionist noise abatement policies by the US ..... another oversight of this little hit piece.

[@edawg792]

+davet11 Lol what are you even talking about

[@webduelist]

Leevi Hinkkala I will agree that the tires had a major issue, but they had started using a harder thicker tire to prevent that from happening. So when it hit the piece of engine cowling it was made much worse than in previous blow outs. Most people call it the perfect storm.

[@DC-be8xf]

A one way ticket in 2003 was almost $9000 and the plane was nearly 30 years old. There were no alternatives and you could save $8000 at the cost of 4 hours of boredom on a more efficient subsonic jet.

[@G_Dawg]

If you had £9,000 to spend on a flight you were unlikely to really bothered by saving £8,000 (see your avatar)

[@stephenolan5539]

Want to know how to become a millionaire? Make a million dollars and don't spend any of it. Most people that could afford it got rich by not spending. That's the main reason "trickle down" didn't work.

[@iiplaya]

Stephen Olan net worth

[@stephenolan5539]

Net worth only increases when income is greater than money spent. And one way to increase that is to minimize money spent.

[@KlASELI]

Plane was 30 years old? Do you know how old some of the airliners that fly around today are?

[@TheRach995]

I went to a museum once as a kid where they had one of these, was so cool to see in person.

[@ntensekid]

I remember watching this as a kid when one of my older brothers friend showed me this video in 2015. This was the video that got me into aviation and I thank him introducing me into aviation.

[@SkippoSkippo]

I flew in the concorde. My uncle worked in Heathrow. U never forget about the sound.

[@SkippoSkippo]

There is still 1 Concorde in heatrow. The seats have been takin out and sold as they are worth so much.

[@lucaspuillet4878]

Skippo theres 3 at paris charles de gaule (CDG

[@spuddy77]

Cool

[@legosupremo]

there's also one as a museum piece at manchester airport

[@Iberstine191145]

James There's one at the airport in Paris

[@twelvesmylimit]

My grandfather was one of the draughtsmen on Concorde's design team. I remember us all standing on the beach on her 2003 farewell flypast. Grandad had tears in his eyes. Rest in peace to the best grandad in the world. 😍

[@lahoucine66]

Ask God forgiveness for him

[@The_German_reich]

I bet he likes pickles

[@mn-sc3dk]

thats awesome! rest in peace

[@meghanmisaliar]

@@lahoucine66 why would God be angry???

[@starwarsfamilyguy0]

thats so cool

[@bryanspilner7370]

It didnt fail, it truly did cross the atlantic in 3.5 hours. Someone who made a video on this should know...

[@JhaneTheLady]

I honestly didn’t know we had this plane, we should bring it back somehow one that’s energy efficient in today’s world

[@icanusernamebetterthanyou3853]

I really enjoyed the commentator (Phil) and writing on this one a lot more than some of the recent videos. I would like to see more with these guys, if possible. Examles: Audience Interaction - 0:39 "Which one are you looking at?". Interviews with people who are both qualified and well spoken - 2:48 Simultaneously bringing the topics down to earth (the workers and contexts), but still keeping the scale of the set of events in full view. Occasional allusions and parallels to other things (in this case, titanic and toy boxes). Humor - 3:55 "Droop Snoot" Creative stylistic choices - Toy Concords on strings (as opposed to the often used clean and simple illustrations) Although some citations would certainly help

[@stiglarsen543]

yeah he is the only reason i subbscribe to vox

[@thederpylemon]

+Stig larsen Me too

[@dXXPacmanXXb]

Agreed, more of this please

[@borderlandsgamer9001]

Constructive feedback in a KZbin comment? Sir you must be lost. For the future, please word your comment to reflect the KZbin community's commitment to nonsensical references to politics, conspiracy theories, sexism, homophobia, racism, or some combination thereof.

[@TheRobster2007]

Don't forget religion and SJWs!

[@johnbender7082]

It failed because it was too expensive to operate for a large market. which is why America abandoned building an SST.

[@Ludix147]

+

[@RobertoSalvatti]

That aircraft was a masterpiece, a pile of junk are the neurons inside your brain.

[@CharlieFoxburry]

It operated in a large market for 20+ years successfully

[@keithwilson991]

think you want to give your head a shake why did it operate for 30 years and never made a profit bull s..t americans were so jealous because it was not them they give up on the idea because they couldn't do it but they could send men to the moon lol

[@robertchauval2492]

Actually the US SST was cancelled because they screwed up in the design phase selecting a hinged wing design (as per F111) that ended up too heavy and costly too build.. they blew all the budget on this design and the politicians said enough...

[@wolframheldmaier727]

Too loud, too expensive, too much consumption, too less effective. If you travel too fast your soul cannot keep up. Nobody misses ist since then. The worlds keeps on turning without this plane. There was one good thing. Phil collins traveled in a Concorde from London to New York and played both live aid locations live. Wow. What a great achievement for mankind

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

For those complaining about the noise, remember that there are those of us that love hearing jets overhead. I'm 25 now and still run outside like a little kid to look at a low flying plane. I would love nothing more than to experience one that could easily make me deaf for a few hours. God the Concorde is a gorgeous aircraft.

[@UChV2aYOKiBsJKIVVHIxMrPanda]

My Grandpa flew on the concorde.

[@bloodaid]

Artist?

[@PHYTO18432]

Darude

[@Thetheobaudry]

same

[@GamingTurkey]

same

[@ZHLtheclan]

Mine too

[@codymcglaughlin5258]

I've been in that museum hangar, at the air and space museum. Quite a place if you're into aviation, I would recommend it.

[@shartlinemcdingleberries7532]

cjmcglaughlin _ where is it?

[@codymcglaughlin5258]

Shartline McDingleberries Chantilly, VA

[@omegaarms4287]

one in uk as well

[@shartlinemcdingleberries7532]

Cody McGlaughlin oh nice I'm fairly close

[@oneseagullflock]

Cody McGlaughlin there's one in seattle

[@jennymartin547]

There's a art piece about this in the Tate gallery London. To simplify the work is photos of the plan taken from the ground. A view on luxury from the ground.

[@rafaelfleitas5038]

I got my way when I was able to be on the final flight by Air France Concorde from Paris to Caracas and it was a dream come true experience I had waited for years. I was so excited that I forgot to copy the serial number of the aircraft for the sake of my biography sometime later in my life. Here I am still at age 79, hoping to have the luck to find out, if it would be feassable. I loved flying in the Concorde.

[@faraaz5950]

it's sad to know that will never do another flight

[@srdjankesic4970]

couldn't care less,i would rather have confortable 9 hour flight than unconfortable 3 hour flight

[@armvex]

Don't be a downer for your self. Technology might get improve to make this possible.

[@gypsyemperor7535]

+Srdjan kesic you think Concorde was uncomfortable? idiot.

[@bendtfender2894]

Actually Club Concorde is scheduling a return to service flight in 2019. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde#Return_to_service_plan

[@srdjankesic4970]

Tom New Have you even bothered watching the video? You inbreed moron.

[@george385]

"we had " - said the American voice ...."WE"? "Britain and France had" :-)

[@ChrisSena]

we had, as in humanity had.

[@doneyhon4227]

We, the French and the Brits. End of.

[@ChrisSena]

+Doney Hon, Oh "End Of" . Well knock me down with a feather! I'm sorry, I didn't realise you had such an incontrovertible argument for your position.

[@aidandubs88]

george385 we are all human

[@nothisispatrick8716]

Yeah, the US was busy geting rid of your problems. The USSR

[@carsonyoung9965]

Fascinating. Thanks for this

[@simon.houseaccount4807]

The sound these make is amazing

[@solk.posner7201]

Vox, can you consider doing why we had airships and why it failed, one of the most badass looking vehicle to come into existence but now only exists over stadiums and in tv series like Korra. Thanks.

[@ninadevrij3024]

Yes, please!

[@BenJaminLongTime]

I'll summarize it for your right now: really large object susceptible to winds and storms with weak engines(at the time), a very high crash record, lack of proper materials(before plastics, lightweight carbonfiber, etc.), and bad PR when the Hindenburg burst into flame on camera was definitely the last big nail in the coffin.

[@ninadevrij3024]

+Ben P. Sounds about right! I just love how vox makes particularly these types of videos. Hope you are having a nice day. :)

[@arturocevallossoto5203]

Helium ain't cheap.

[@chronousnemesis]

Most probably these airships (and blimps) are using hydrogen and it is explosive. By then they switch to helium but it is in limited amount. If you want to know more, you can find a lot of these on YT, such as this: watch?v=ug5UafJFEYc

[@fbi3233]

I changed the comment so it doesn’t make sense lol

[@larenzdechavez442]

Y to S_ame

[@therusfosterson238]

HaHaHaHaHa. Well stated

[@adayg8367]

Stop

[@fbi3233]

*No*

[@fbi3233]

*No*

[@SuperKAHchannel]

Whose here after United just bet on supersonic travel with $3billion boom plane order 🙋‍♂️ So all this may just come back to life!

[@genghiskhan.2265]

The guy below me can’t read a sentence

[@maxsnow9952]

@@genghiskhan.2265 i had a seizure reading that

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Master school dud tyat

[@JewandGreek]

About 30 years ago I was sitting in a McDonalds in Orlando, Florida eating breakfast when I looked out the front windows and saw a Concorde coming in for a landing at Orlando Int. a couple miles south of me. As far as I knew they only flew to NY, London and Paris, but there it was bigger than life. I blurted out "A CONCORDE!" and other people started pointing and yelling too. It was amazing. To this day I have no idea why it was flying to Orlando, but I have discovered that they did fly regularly to Miami and to other cities on occasion, including Rio de Janeiro.

[@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2]

About the Concorde crash: the puncturing of the tire did not cause the plane to crash, it was because the piece of metal that the tire hit actually was flung up and ruptured the fuel tank.

[@jadawin10]

It was a mechanical part from a Boeing DC-10 of Continental Airways...

[@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621]

If the accident didn't happen, will Concorde would be still alive?

[@davidknapp7199]

@@jadawin10 Boeing DC-10? While the Air France crash was in 2000, 3 years after Boeing purchased Mcdonald Douglas, the DC-10 first flew in 1971 and even the MD-11 was first introduced in 1990, developed only by MD, not Boeing! I'm not trying to start a argument or anything, just wanna help out as someone who likes commerical aircraft, hopefully this is helpful 👍

[@jadawin10]

@@davidknapp7199 You are right David. At the time it was still a Mcdonnell - Douglas.

[@aeroair4724]

@@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621 No, because as an aircraft gets older, it is more expensive to maintain.

[@Charlie10HDG]

We miss you concorde😔 the emperor of the skies.

[@CupsofCopus]

Empress*

[@HDTomo]

@@CupsofCopus emperor

[@sovietunion4073]

My Russian motherland, Concede to me.

[@lorddarlo6194]

@@HDTomo Empress all Planes are She's don't know why but they are like the 747 Queen of the Skies

[@sensationalfrog]

When I was a kid in about 1974 I was on a hill in Ilfracombe north devon england (about 200 feet) and concorde flew below me, they tested them from Bristol

[@emersonsmith2297]

Once again, I have learned something that otherwise would not learn in school. Thx Vox☺️

[@oddmeme9156]

I heard that VOX replies if you watch a video of theirs so early

[@Vox]

Who told you that?

[@13ullseye]

Sounds like some sort of rumor, I wouldn't put much stock in it.

[@ojosepedrorocha]

Vox is voice in latin

[@monaclemin4807]

+Vox lol

[@ahmadfahrezi6041]

lol

[@brandonbarhydt]

I live near Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Edwards AFB, and a NASA Plant... We get super sonic booms all day long. The most they do is MAYBE set off an old car alarm and scare a couple kids. So whoever said they got broken windows from it, there could be 2 reasons. 1. Flying too low but, the Air Force has regulations of which height a pilot must stay at over residential and civilian spaces (air shows don't count) and 2. Their windows were already broken, given where they live they probably didn't have a lot of money and they gave the city a reason to fix it for them. Not knowing the detrimental cost, supersonic commercial jets.

[@brandonbarhydt]

Sorry for such a long comment

[@brandonbarhydt]

+Shaoyu Maiwang exactly. We have, carriers, fighters, bombers, commercial jets, helis, flying all day... It really doesn't affect anything.

[@hackerofawesomeness]

Really, all of the online sources I've heard of say that sonic booms do major damage, but I've never been near one.

[@stewartbaker1659]

didn't the myth buster test this with an f 18 in the dessert?

[@brandonbarhydt]

+stewart baker yeah. Where I live out of Edwards.

[@ramonbarajas2813]

I went inside a Concorde at Seattle museum of flight, it was super tight inside the cabin

[@divyanshumehta9229]

I loved this plane so much. Hope in some distant future, it does actually come back to life!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Same here.

[@Razovllay]

A symbol of the potential of human engineering which ultimately became a symbol of elitism. Even the skilled engineers who built it couldn't afford to fly on one.

[@peterpecenko5157]

exactly... it was in fact useless for the common ppl.

[@Razovllay]

Peter Pečenko Still a beautiful sight to behold. Shame we'll probably never see machines like them ever again.

[@pira707]

maybe about 20 years in the future? Look at pcs for example our pc parts today would probably cost thousands for people in the 80s.

[@Lavasioth]

PC parts are cheap due to economies of scale. They started out expensive but proved useful. So more and more parts were made. Making more parts and selling more parts reduces the overhead costs that come when make stuff. There are currently no supersonic passenger jets being produced. There is no market to get big and bring overhead down that would enable these planes to eventually be made cheap.

[@pira707]

Christopher Miller thats why I said 20 years in the future, eventually we will get into it.

[@mattbarnes9296]

Roses are red, Violets are blue, The part you are looking for is 3:52

[@canyildirim7983]

Im.30 years old and my GF just showed me that i can skip to the given minute by jist pressing it in your comment. Wow. Im flabbergasted

[@PeyPeySupreme]

That’s funny

[@therusfosterson238]

Can Yildirim Thank you. I did not know this.

[@joemyk]

Hero ❤

[@raghadalsayed8366]

My god that actually works! Just press on it! Ahahahaha

[@sankdom4598]

that first minute was so clean like everything that was said was the perfect word for that moment "which one are you looking at?"