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

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.

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

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

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!.....

"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.

*dRoOP snOOT. ThE snOOt wOuLD dRoOp*

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.

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.

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

I do wish someone would try this again.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

After hearing you explain it, it actually makes perfect sense that only Air France and British Airways invested in/flew the Concorde, since it was relatively impossible to fly it over land anywhere else. Since London/Paris to New York were their most popular and profitable routes, the fact that the flight is one that's primarily over the Atlantic was a huge advantage for both of them. Also, it makes perfect sense why they had to retire it as a result of the price of maintaining it in comparison to the more modern jets of its time. This video definitely gave me a much better understanding of the business of Concorde. Thanks, Vox

Vox is one of the few "RU-vid-Commercial" channels who actually make quality videos, that aren't infested with clickbait content

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.

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!

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.

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

wow dude huge Titanic spoilers wtf

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

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

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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.

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,

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.

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

this makes me so sad :(

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

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.

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

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

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.

*Has high speed* Everyone: ........ *Has cool design* Everyone: ........ *Can see earth curve from it* Everyone: ........ *The snoot dropped* Everyone: now we're talking, bring it back now

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. 😍

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

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.

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!!

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

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

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

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.

The snoot drooped.

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.

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

quick correction: the concorde tire did not explode because of it being a "concorde tire". An outgoing dc-10 that used the same runway just 5 minutes before the concorde took off lost a piece of metal that had not properly been secured to the aircraft. the concorde ran over the metal and punctured a tire, the explosion resulted in one of the fuel tanks to leak and caught on fire.

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

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.

"Black Country, New Road" sent me here.

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

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.

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.

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!

Concorde this organ, a new one I’m forming

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!

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

It’s 2021 and she’s back 😎

This was the first time in human history where we took a major step back in technology.

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.

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.

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.

The other planes: Hey Concorde, why the long face? Concorde: Shut up! The snoot drooped okay!

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

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.

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!

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 .

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

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.

Sting looks some over-worked dad in a Disney movie on Christmas Eve who is about to yell "turn the plane around! I need to see my son's tee-ball game!"

The crash in 2003 wasn’t even the Concorde’s fault. There was a piece of debris that fell from a 737 that took off right before the Concorde and was on the runway. The Concorde ran it over during takeoff and caused the wheels to explode, which bounced off the fuel tank causing an explosion.

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

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

“The snoot drooped” the quote of all time

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

We miss you concorde😔 the emperor of the skies.

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

Never thought I'd ever have such an iconic meme be unironically placed in my recommendations

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

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.

My Grandpa flew on the concorde.

my grandfather designed the front of the concord

3:48 The moment you were waiting for

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

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

God she's still the most beautiful plane I've seen.

as a young boy in the 1970s i had a Aunt and Uncle that lived in Sterling Vaginia and i used to go to their home everyday to swim in their pool each day the Concorde flew over the house flying low to land at Dulless Airport only a few miles away on some occasions my Aunt would drive us to Dulless for the day so we could watch the Concorde land and take off ironically as a adult i wound up living in the same area and my Wife and Children and I flew a Commercial flight out of Dulless Airport and our Captain announced on our Taxi we would experience a rare moment in Aviation history which was simply on one side of our plane we would see a Concorde landing and on the other side one will be taking off so we should enjoy for me i’ve always thought she was a Beautiful Airplane and had a special part inmy heart i never got to fly on one but i have walked through one a few times in a Museumn tour

It didn't fail - It flew for 25 years! Best aircraft ever

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

The sound these make is amazing