Concorde Grounded
The Concorde had been the safest working passenger airliner in the world according to passenger deaths per distance travelled. The crash of a Concorde was the beginning of the end of the aircraft's career.
A few days after the crash, all Concordes were grounded, pending an investigation into the cause of the crash and possible remedies.
Air France's Concorde operation had been a money-losing venture, but had been kept in service as a matter of national pride (by contrast, British Airways claimed a profit on its Concorde operations). Revenue service was resumed in 2001, until the remaining aircraft were retired in 2003.
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