Originally Posted by
Dr Jekyll
I have no intention of apologising Old Fat One, I have nothing to apologise for. I didn't dispute that Concorde was grounded eventually, I disputed your assertion that it was grounded IMMEDIATELY, it wasn't. BA kept on flying their Concordes for a couple of weeks. It was only grounded after relevant facts came to light early in the investigation.
Amusingly, the report you linked to makes it perfectly clear that BA kept flying them after the crash, so they can't have been grounded.
So despite what you say, the grounding of an entire aircraft type the day after the crash is a highly unusual step.
As you correctly say, the entire Concorde fleet(s) was not grounded.
However it is equally true to say the entire Hunter fleet has been grounded; if hasn't.
What is true in both cases is that the National authorities have grounded all of that type on their registers; the grounding would only be advisory for foreign registered aircraft.
What have the Swiss done?