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Concorde's high cruising altitude meant people on board received almost twice the flux of extraterrestrial ionising radiation as those travelling on a conventional long-haul flight. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] Upon Concorde's introduction, it was speculated that this exposure during supersonic travels would increase the likelihood of skin cancer. [ 127 ]
On 12 June 2003, AF honoured that agreement, donating Concorde F-BVFA (serial 205) to the museum upon the completion of its last flight. This aircraft was the first AF Concorde to open service to Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and New York and had flown 17,824 hours.
This Concorde was once used as a source of spares, before being restored using parts from Air France's F-BVFD, and has flown 16,239 hours. [25] G-BOAF : (216) first flew on 20 April 1979 from Filton and was the last Concorde to be built. [26] It made Concorde's final flight on Wednesday 26 November 2003.
In 2003, Lewis Whyld took an instantly classic photograph of the Concorde on its last flight, soaring over the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, United Kingdom.
The supersonic aircraft suffered a catastrophic crash in Paris on 25 July 2000
The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978 and it was last flown in 1999 by NASA. Concorde's last commercial flight was in October 2003, with a November 26, 2003 ferry flight being its last flight. Following the termination of flying by Concorde, there have been no SSTs in commercial service.
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[177] [178] The last commercial Concorde flight from New York to London was on 24 October 2003. [44] The airline retained ownership of eight Concordes, which were placed on long-term loan to museums in the UK, U.S. and Barbados. [179] [180] During Eddington's leadership, there were several other fleet changes.