# Check the news!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-the-news/26785>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 25, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-the-news/26785 "2000-07-25T15:58:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophocles)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-the-news/26785/1 "2000-07-25T15:58:15Z")

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Jesus H. Christ! One of the Concordes just crashed in Paris?  
What’s this gonna mean for the future of super-sonic passenger travel?

full story: [http://www.globeandmail.com](http://www.globeandmail.com)

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-the-news/26785/2 "2000-07-25T16:05:26Z")

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Supersonic transport didn’t have much of a future as a broad market anway. The Concorde fleet doesn’t operate at a profit even at the huge prices charged. We’ll probably be bombarded by news reports of the celebreties that died on the flight - let’s face it, ordinary folks can’t afford the $7-10k ticket price - but life will go on. The world has kept turning after 747 crashes where several times more people died.

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-the-news/26785/3 "2000-07-25T16:11:13Z")

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> …bombarded by news reports of the celebreties that died on the flight.

Actually, probably not, because it was chartered by a German tourist group.