Watch video of people running away from American Airlines plane on fire at O'Hare Chicago

[Dan Druff]

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Imagine being stuck on that plane full of fuel (this was an aborted takeoff) and seeing those flames out the window.

Watch everyone run as soon as they get off the slide, then slow down when they're far enough away from the danger zone from a potential explosion.

[Sanlmar]

You see the Jennifer Anniston ad for Arab Emirates Airline? Annoying as shit but I had no idea how plush that ride is.

Gotta watch this video to the end. The best thing that happened in the Ravine this year.

[Lord of the Fraud]

Somewhat reminds me of the Concorde crash over Paris. Pilot was too far down the runway to abort, forcing him to take a burning plane into the skies. GG

Interested to see how close this pilot got to the point of no return.

[Starbucks Spunk Bucket]

I guarantee you I'd be running a lot faster than those folks

[Dan Druff]

Somewhat reminds me of the Concorde crash over Paris. Pilot was too far down the runway to abort, forcing him to take a burning plane into the skies. GG

Interested to see how close this pilot got to the point of no return.

This is actually one of the scariest commercial aviation photos I've ever seen:




I wonder how long the Concorde would have been viable if it hadn't been for this.

[Lord of the Fraud]

I wonder how long the Concorde would have been viable if it hadn't been for this.

Believe Concorde was always run at a loss and was only kept in service due to its high profile that benefited both British Airways & Air France.

The crash which finished it was super unlucky. During take off the tyre caught a strip of metal which somehow got left undetected on the runway. Tyre ripped to shreds and part of it got sucked up into the engine, but too late to abort.

Gave them the excuse to retire Concorde off for good even though it was a perfectly safe aircraft.

[Dan Druff]

I wonder how long the Concorde would have been viable if it hadn't been for this.

Believe Concorde was always run at a loss and was only kept in service due to its high profile that benefited both British Airways & Air France.

The crash which finished it was super unlucky. During take off the tyre caught a strip of metal which somehow got left undetected on the runway. Tyre ripped to shreds and part of it got sucked up into the engine, but too late to abort.

Gave them the excuse to retire Concorde off for good even though it was a perfectly safe aircraft.

Yeah, it was bad luck. The strip had fallen off a Continental flight, which then caused the chain of events you described.

Still, I read that this incident actually exposed previously-unrealized safety issues with the Concorde, which is part of the reason it was shut down.

I hadn't heard it was losing money, but that also makes sense as to why they didn't give the whole thing another go-around.

[Lord of the Fraud]

Wasn't aware they had underlying safety issues tbh.

But yeah it was deffo run at a loss as I remember BA never being shy in stating the aircraft was hurting them financially and was only kept in service for prestige reasons.

Was always fascinated by Concorde as a kid and beyond. Flew over my city once a year and it would literally bring traffic to a standstill. Such a majestic sight watching that bird roar slowly overhead.

[Belly Buster]

The main reason Concorde was never commercially successful was because it could only take about 100 to 120 passengers maximum. A 767 could take 3 times as many pax.

Concorde fuel consumption was 16.7 litres /100 km / pax, by comparison the 767-400 was 2.42 litres / 100 km / pax.

If you ever saw Concorde take off, the immense noise is like no commercial aircraft you'd ever heard.

[ftpjesus]

The main reason Concorde was never commercially successful was because it could only take about 100 to 120 passengers maximum. A 767 could take 3 times as many pax.

Concorde fuel consumption was 16.7 litres /100 km / pax, by comparison the 767-400 was 2.42 litres / 100 km / pax.

If you ever saw Concorde take off, the immense noise is like no commercial aircraft you'd ever heard.

When I was younger used to live in Western Suburbs of Washington DC near Dulles Airport which was the DC hub for the Concorde. Was almost perfectly on time every day when it flew in.. You could damn near set your watch to it..

[Starbucks Spunk Bucket]

The main reason Concorde was never commercially successful was because it could only take about 100 to 120 passengers maximum. A 767 could take 3 times as many pax.

Concorde fuel consumption was 16.7 litres /100 km / pax, by comparison the 767-400 was 2.42 litres / 100 km / pax.

If you ever saw Concorde take off, the immense noise is like no commercial aircraft you'd ever heard.

When I was younger used to live in Western Suburbs of Washington DC near Dulles Airport which was the DC hub for the Concorde. Was almost perfectly on time every day when it flew in.. You could damn near set your watch to it..

I always thought it only flew a very limited number of routes, like London-NYC and London-Dubai?

[shoeshine box]

We see it daily as Kids, or hear the SONIC BOOM as it broke the speed of sound....Never did get to fly it..almost a few times to London..man..would have been a thrill.. ticket was like 1100 in 1986?