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I'd like to point out that Concorde had a perfect 30 year safety record up until this incident.
by SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
I'd like to point out that Concorde had a perfect 30 year safety record up until this incident.
- mikeash 8y agoIt made so few flights in those 30 years that this is irrelevant. That one crash gave it the worst fatality rate in the industry, by far, just because the denominator was small.
- lmm 8y agoWhat do you think that proves? Remember that the number of Concordes flying was a tiny fraction of most aircraft types you've heard of. AIUI the part of the fuel tank at the front where the tyre debris hit withstood the initial hit (as it was designed to), but the shape of the tank focused the pressure wave from the impact so that it ruptured the rear of the tank. Bad luck? Yes. An understandable oversight? Yes. But there's still no way to see it as anything other than a Concorde design flaw.
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- xaqfox 8y agoI'd like to point out that the airport failed to complete the required FOD check of the runway before takeoff (required only because of the Concorde's failure mode when having a flat tyre).