Ndege yekuUS Continental pamwe nevashandi vayo vaviri vanotongwa svondo rino nekuda kwekuuraya vanhu zana negumi nevatatu vakafa mutsaona yeConcorde iyo yakagumisa kurota kwekufamba kwepamusoro.
Aimbove mukuru wehurumende yeFrance nendege nenhengo mbiri dzepamusoro dzechirongwa cheConcorde vachatongwa nemhosva imwe chete kubva neChipiri mudare riri pedyo neParis, nyaya dzichitarisirwa kutora mwedzi mina.
Jeti yaienda kuNew York yakadonha mubhora remoto nguva pfupi ichangobva kuParis Charles de Gaulle airport musi waChikunguru 25, 2000, ikauraya vanhu vese zana nepfumbamwe vaive muchikepe - vazhinji vacho maGerman - uye vashandi vana vepahotera pasi.
Moto unopisa weConcorde wakaparadza hotera yepanhandare yendege payakawira pasi mutsaona yakaratidza kutanga kwekupedzisira kweyekutanga pasirese - uye kusvika parizvino chete - yenguva dzose supersonic jet service.
Air France neBritish Airways vakamisa Concordes yavo kwemwedzi gumi nemishanu mushure mekuparara uye, mushure mekutangwazve kwenguva pfupi, vakazomisa basa repamusoro rekutengesa muna 15.
Ndege, yakaberekwa nekubatana kweBritish neFrance, yakatanga kubhururuka kwayo kwekutanga kwekutengeserana muna 1976. 20 chete yakagadzirwa: nhanhatu dzakashandiswa pakuvandudza uye dzakasara 14 dzakabhururuka zvikuru nzira dzekuyambuka-Atlantic nekumhanya kusvika kumakiromita 2,170 paawa.
Ongororo yetsaona yekuFrance yakaguma muna December 2004 kuti njodzi yeParis yakakonzerwa nechimwe chikamu chesimbi yakadonha munzira yekufamba nendege yeContinental Airlines DC-10 yakasimuka nguva pfupi isati yasvika jeti ine simba guru.
The Concorde, vazhinji vevafambisi veGerman vaifanirwa kukwira ngarava yeCaribbean muNew York, yakamhanyidzana nepamusoro-soro tambo yetitanium, iyo yakatsemura rimwe vhiri rayo, zvichikonzera kuputika nekutumira marara kubhururuka muinjini uye tangi yemafuta.
Continental inopomerwa mhosva yekutadza kuchengetedza ndege yayo nemazvo, pamwe nevashandi vaviri vekuUS: John Taylor, makanika anonzi akapfekedza tambo isiri-yeyero, uye mukuru wendege wekuchengetedza Stanley Ford.
Chibvumirano chekusungwa chakapiwa kuna Taylor mushure mokunge akundikana kuratidzira kuti abvunzurudzwe nevatsvakurudzi, uye, maererano negweta rake, haazopindi kutongwa mudare muPontoise, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweParis.
Gweta raTaylor rakaramba kutaura kana mutengi wake aizouya kudare.
Vaimbove vakuru veConcorde uye mukuru wendege yeFrance vari kupomerwawo mhosva yekutadza kuona nekugadzirisa zvikanganiso mundege yepamusoro, zvakaburitswa pachena panguva yekuferefeta uye zvichifungidzirwa kuti zvakakonzera tsaona iyi.
Henri Perrier aive director wechirongwa chekutanga cheConcorde kuAerospatiale, yava chikamu cheboka reEADS, kubva muna 1978 kusvika 1994, ukuwo Jacques Herubel aive injinjiniya mukuru weConcorde kubva 1993 kusvika 1995.
Varume vaviri ava vari kupomerwa mhosva yekuregeredza zviratidzo zveyambiro kubva muzviitiko zvakawanda mundege dzeConcorde, idzo mukati memakore makumi maviri nemanomwe ebasa dzakatambura kuputika kwematayi kana kukuvadzwa kwemavhiri izvo muzviitiko zvakawanda zvakabaya matangi emafuta.
Pakupedzisira Claude Frantzen, director wezvehunyanzvi masevhisi kuFrance civil aviation authority DGAC kubva 1970 kusvika 1994, ari kupomerwa mhosva yekukanganisa mapapiro eConcorde akasarudzika-akaita delta, ayo akabata matangi emafuta.
Mhosva iyi ichatsvaga kudzikisira chikamu chebasa rendege yeUS, Concorde nevakuru vendege vekuFrance.
Mhuri zhinji dzevakabatwa vakabvuma kusatora danho repamutemo vachitsinhanisa muripo kubva kuAir France, EADS, Continental uye mugadziri wematayi weGoodyear.
Mari yavakatambira haisati yaburitswa pachena, asi mashoko anoti mari inosvika mamiriyoni zana emadhora yakagoverwa pakati pehama dzevakafa dzinosvika mazana manomwe.
Mumakore masere ose ekuferefetwa, Continental yakavimbisa kurwisa chero mhosva munyaya iyi.
"Zvapupu zvakati wandei zvakati moto paConcorde wakatanga apo ndege yaive kure nemamita mazana masere kubva pachikamu (metal strip)," akadaro Olivier Metzner, gweta reContinental.
Kuti atsigire izvi akati ane hurongwa hwekuratidza dare danho rekuvakazve mutsaona iyi.
Roland Rappaport, gweta remhuri yemutyairi weConcorde Christian Marty, akati "tsaona yaifanira kudzivirirwa".
"Kusasimba kweConcorde kwave kuchizivikanwa nezvako kweanopfuura makore makumi maviri," akadaro.
Kumhan'arirwa kwakabudirira kwaizoguma nekubhadhariswa faindi ye375,000 euros yekambani yendege uye makore anosvika mashanu mujeri uye faindi inosvika zviuru makumi manomwe nezvishanu zvemaeuro kune avo vanobatanidzwa.
