Bishop Allan Kiuna: How mediocrity ruined a multi-million dollar concorde company

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On July 25, 2000, a fatal accident brought down one of aviation history’s marvels, the Concorde. All 100 passengers, nine crew members on board and four people on the ground were killed.

Concorde was an extraordinary supersonic aircraft that could travel at over 2,100 km/h - more than twice the speed of sound. At one point, it did the fastest transatlantic flight from New York to London in two hours, 52 minutes, 59 seconds. That was epic, given that regular airlines did the same journey for over eight hours. Even with such blinding speed, the Concorde was not only considered the fastest, but also the safest way to travel by air.