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Podcast: Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Episode: July 25th - 25 years on from the tragic Concorde crash, what are the prospects for supersonic travel?
Description: On 25 July 2000, all 109 passengers and crew aboard an Air France Concorde departing for New York JFK died when the supersonic plane crashed shortly after take-off from Paris CDG. Four people on the ground were also killed. Concorde was grounded shortly afterwards and, despite a short resurgence with British Airways, made her final passenger flight in October 2003. Leading aviation figure Jonathan Hinkles has been telling me more – and explaining why supersonic travel may never return.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Ho...