The Concorde Failure
What brought Concorde down?
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54 mins
Uncover the fall of Concorde, the supersonic aircraft that promised to transform the future of commercial aviation. Explore the technical challenges, enormous operating costs, limited routes, and the devastating 2000 crash that damaged public confidence.
Ep 1:
The Dream Machine of Supersonic Flight
Before the disaster, there was the marvel: a Cold War dream, a shape-shifting airframe, and engineering that let passengers fly faster than the Earth turns.
Ep 2:
121 Seconds That Doomed Flight 4590
A metal strip, a burst tire, and a chain reaction of failures collide in 121 seconds—unraveling the flight that ended Concorde's flawless safety record forever.
Ep 3:
Impeccable Records and Broken Economics
Investigators uncover the true cause of the crash while a deeper truth emerges: Concorde's economics were broken from the start, saved only by reinventing luxury itself.
Ep 4:
The Long Goodbye to Supersonic Dreams
Grounded, rebuilt, then blindsided by 9/11, Concorde's comeback couldn't outrun its fragile economics—forcing a reckoning on why brilliant breakthroughs still fail.
Discussions (5)
Matthew
Level 3 · 1 day agoflew on Concorde once. watching that Mach meter hit 1.0 and the whole cabin erupting in applause... nothing has come close since.
Quintin
Level 3 · 1 day agoThe bit about the flight engineer wedging his cap in the thermal expansion gap on the retirement flight absolutely got me. That's the most human thing I've heard in ages
Zane
Level 9 · 1 day agoHeard the Continental DC-10 crew literally had no idea they dropped that metal strip and just flew off to their destination while 113 people died because of it 💀
