ʻO ka mokulele US Continental a me ʻelua o kāna mau limahana e hele i ka hoʻokolokolo i kēia pule no ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o 113 poʻe i make i kahi ulia Concorde i hoʻopau i ka moeʻuhane o ka huakaʻi supersonic.
E hoʻokolokolo ʻia kekahi luna mokulele kīwila Farani mua a me ʻelua mau lālā koʻikoʻi o ka papahana Concorde ma ka hoʻopiʻi like mai ka Pōʻalua ma kahi ʻaha kokoke i Paris, me nā hana i manaʻo ʻia e hala ʻehā mahina.
Ua hāʻule ka mokulele i New York i loko o ka pōʻai ahi ma hope koke o ka haʻalele ʻana mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Paris Charles de Gaulle ma Iulai 25, 2000, a make nā kānaka 109 a pau ma luna o ka moku - ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he poʻe Kelemania - a ʻehā mau limahana hōkele ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻohiolo ka Concorde ahi i kahi hōkele mokulele i ka wā i ʻeha ai i ka honua i kahi ulia i hōʻailona ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hopena no ka honua mua - a hiki i kēia manawa wale nō - lawelawe maʻamau supersonic jet.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Air France a me British Airways i kā lākou Concordes no 15 mau mahina ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana a, ma hope o ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana, ua hoʻopau hope i ka lawelawe ʻoihana supersonic i 2003.
ʻO ka mokulele, i hānau ʻia ma ka hui Pelekane a me Palani, ua hoʻomaka i kāna huakaʻi kalepa mua ma 1976. ʻO 20 wale nō i hana ʻia: ʻeono i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomohala ʻana a ʻo ke koena 14 i lele i ka nui o nā ala trans-Atlantic i ka wikiwiki a hiki i 2,170 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia kahi noiʻi ulia pōpilikia Farani ma Dekemaba 2004 ʻo ka pōʻino o Paris ma muli o kahi ʻāpana metala i hāʻule ma ke alahele mai kahi mokulele Continental Airlines DC-10 i haʻalele ma mua o ka mokulele supersonic.
ʻO ka Concorde, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā poʻe Kelemania e kau ana ma luna o ka moku holo moku Karipiano ma New York, ua holo ʻo ia ma luna o ka paʻa titanium paʻakikī, a ʻokiʻoki i kekahi o kāna mau huila, a hoʻokuʻu ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia nā ʻōpala e lele ana i loko o kahi mīkini a pahu wahie.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Continental no ka mālama pono ʻole ʻana i kāna mokulele, me ʻelua mau limahana US: ʻo John Taylor, he mechanic nāna i ʻōlelo ʻia i hoʻokomo i ka laina maʻamau ʻole, a me ke poʻo o ka mālama mokulele ʻo Stanley Ford.
Ua hoʻopuka ʻia ka palapala hopu no Taylor ma hope o kona hōʻike ʻole ʻia ʻana e nīnau ʻia e nā mea noiʻi, a ma muli o kāna loio, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hele i ka hoʻokolokolo ma Pontoise, ma ke komohana ʻākau o Paris.
Ua hōʻole ka loio o Taylor e ʻōlelo inā e hōʻike ʻia kāna mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻaha.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā luna Concorde mua a me ka luna mokulele Farani no ka ʻike ʻole ʻana a hoʻonohonoho i nā hewa kūpono i ka mokulele supersonic, i hōʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana a manaʻo ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻia i ka ulia.
ʻO Henri Perrier ke alakaʻi o ka papahana Concorde mua ma Aerospatiale, i kēia manawa he ʻāpana o ka hui EADS, mai 1978 a i 1994, ʻoiai ʻo Jacques Herubel ke poʻokela poʻokela o Concorde mai 1993 a 1995.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā kāne ʻelua no ka nānā ʻole ʻana i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona mai kahi mau hanana ma nā mokulele Concorde, i loko o kā lākou 27 mau makahiki o ka lawelawe ʻana i loaʻa i ka nui o ka puhi ʻana a i ʻole ka pōʻino huila i kekahi mau hihia i hou i nā pahu wahie.
ʻO ka hope loa, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Claude Frantzen, ka luna o nā lawelawe ʻenehana ma ka mana mokulele kīwila Farani DGAC mai 1970 a i 1994, no ka nānā ʻole ʻana i kahi hewa o nā ʻēheu ʻano delta kūʻokoʻa o Concorde, nāna i paʻa i kāna pahu wahie.
E ʻimi ka hoʻokolokolo e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻāpana o ke kuleana o ka mokulele US, ka Concorde a me nā luna mokulele Farani.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana o ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i ʻae ʻaʻole e hana i ke kānāwai no ka uku ʻana mai Air France, EADS, Continental a me ka mea hana paipa Goodyear.
ʻAʻole i hoʻolaha ʻia ka nui i loaʻa iā lākou, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi o $US100 miliona i kaʻana like ʻia ma waena o nā ʻohana 700 o ka poʻe i make.
I loko o ka hoʻokolokolo hoʻokolokolo ʻewalu makahiki, ua hoʻohiki ʻo Continental e hakakā i nā hihia i ka hihia.
"Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mau mea hōʻike i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ahi ma ka Concorde i ka wā he 800 mika ka mamao o ka mokulele mai ka ʻāpana (metal strip)," wahi a Olivier Metzner, he loio no Continental.
No ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana i kēia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻolālā ana e hōʻike i ka ʻaha i kahi hana hou ʻekolu o ka ulia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Roland Rappaport, he loio no ka ʻohana o ka Concorde pilot Christian Marty, "pono e pale ʻia ka ulia."
"Ua ʻike ʻia nā nāwaliwali o Concorde ma mua o 20 mau makahiki," wahi āna.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi kūleʻa e hopena i ka uku o 375,000 euros no ka mokulele a hiki i ʻelima mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao a me ka uku a hiki i 75,000 euros no nā poʻe i komo.
