Untold Story of the Concorde Disaster. December 9, 2. 01. LAST WEEK, A FRENCH APPEALS COURT overturned a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines for its role in the crash of an Air France Concorde outside Paris twelve years ago. Flight 4. 59. 0 was a charter destined for New Yorks JFK airport on July 2. German tourists headed to South America. Gta San Andreas Gps Mod. As it neared takeoff speed, the Concorde struck a thin metal strip on the runway, causing one of its tires to burst. The strip had fallen from the underside of a Continental Airlines DC 1. Houston. Chunks of the burst tire impacted the Concordes wing at tremendous velocity, resulting in a powerful shock wave within the wings fuel tank that ultimately punctured it. Gases from the engines then ignited leaking fuel, touching off a huge fire. The crew wrestled the crippled jet into the air, but lost control moments later, slamming into a hotel. All 1. 09 passengers and crew perished, as did four people on the ground. All along, conventional wisdom, bolstered by lethargic media coverage, has held that the fuel tank fire was the direct cause of the crash. This from the Associated Press a few days ago, is a typical example of what the public has been reading and hearing The burst tire sent bits of rubber flying, puncturing the fuel tanks, which started the fire that brought down the plane. But this isnt so. Theres no denying the jet ran over an errant piece of metal that caused a tire explosion and a resultant fire. But while the fire was visually spectacular caught on camera, it trails behind the plane in a hellish rooster tail experts say that aside from damaging the number 2 engine, it was very much survivable, and likely would have burned itself out in a matter of a few minutes. Not only was it survivable, but it was probably avoidable as well, had it not been for a chain of errors and oversights that, to date, nobody wants to talk about. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. AIRCRAFT SPRUCE CATALOG PDF DOWNLOAD To view the files youll need the Adobe Acrobat reader. If you dont have the Adobe reader, you can download it. PORTABLE SHOOTING BENCH Back in September 2013, I started shooting rimfire. I had been dormant for many decades and. Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' title='Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' />The plane went down not because of any fire, directly, but because 1., it was flying too slowly 2., it was several tons overweight and beyond its aft center of gravity limit 3., two of its four engines were damaged or erroneously shut down. It was flying too slowly because the pilot at the controls, Christian Marty, had pulled the jet into the air to avoid skidding sideways off the runway and colliding with another plane. Why it was skidding has been the subject of contention, but as well see in a minute, many believe the skid was caused by an improperly repaired landing gear. Under normal circumstances Marty still had enough speed to climb away safely however, he no longer had enough power. ToolShed Trade 5 Gallon 20L Sand Blaster Amazing value for money This portable blaster comes on 150mm diameter rubber wheels. It is easily pushed around in a. Protect your secret hideout from intruders with a lock that will only open when it hears the secret knock. This started out as a bit of a joke project, but turne. Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' title='Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' />One engine had been badly damaged due to ingestion of foreign material not only pieces of exploded tire, but debris from a runway edge light the jet had run over during the skid. A second engine, meanwhile, was shut down completely by the cockpit flight engineer at a time and altitude when he was not supposed to do this, when remaining thrust from that engine was desperately needed for survival. Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' title='Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' />All the while, the plane was an estimated six tons above its maximum allowable weight based on wind conditions at the time of the crash. At proper weight, the jet would have become airborne prior to the point when it ran over the metal strip. The November 2. 9th verdict was, if nothing else, fair. Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' title='Wire Pilot 3.1 Portable' />France is one of a handful of countries that routinely seek criminal indictments in transportation accidents, regardless of whether there is clear evidence of criminal intent or negligence, reported the New York Times. All along, aviation safety specialists were highly critical of the suit, believing as I do, that such prosecutions set a dangerous and destructive precedent, undermining crash investigations and air safety in general. The aviation safety community is going to view this verdict with great deal of relief, said William R. Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, speaking in the Times article. It reminds us that human error, regardless of the tragic outcome, is different from a crime. Well and good. However, does the full and true story of the disaster remain untold I point you to a story that ran in the British newspaper The Observer in 2. Its seldom that I have flattering things to say about the presss coverage of aviation accidents, but this particular piece, by reporter David Rose, is a gripping, startling story. A link to the full article is here. In addition, below, is a version that I have edited and condensed for clarityDoomed THE REAL STORY OF FLIGHT 4. David Rose It is an indelible image, heavy with symbolism the photograph taken on 2. July 2. 00. 0, at the moment Concorde became a technological Icarus. The great white bird rears up over runway 2. Charles de Gaulle, immediately after takeoff. Already mortally wounded, flames bleed uncontrollably from beneath the left hand wing. Less than two minutes later, the worlds only supersonic airliner will fling itself into the Paris suburb of Gonesse, killing all 1. The official investigation has focused almost entirely on the fire. According to the French accident investigation bureau, the BEA, it broke out when the plane passed over a strip of metal on the runway. A tyre burst a chunk of rubber thudded into a fuel tank inside the wing jet fuel poured out of a hole and ignited. The hot gases caused two of the engines to falter, and despite a valiant struggle by Captain Christian Marty, a daredevil skier who once crossed the Atlantic on a windsurf board, the loss of thrust made the crash inevitable. An investigation by The Observer suggests the truth is much more complicated. In the words of John Hutchinson, a Concorde captain for 1. The reason why he failed to do so, Hutchinson believes, was a lethal combination of operational error and negligence. This appears to have been a crash with more than one contributing factor, most of which were avoidable. Go back to that photograph. An amazing picture but where was it taken The answer is inside an Air France Boeing 7. Japan, and was waiting to cross Concordes runway on its way back to the terminal. Its passengers included Jacques Chirac and his wife, the President and first lady of France, returning from the G7 summit. Concorde looks to be nearby because it had been close to hitting the 7. Veering wildly to the left, like a recalcitrant supermarket trolley with a jammed wheel, Concordes undercarriage had locked askew. When Marty pulled back on the control column to raise the nose and take to the air the process pilots call rotation the planes airspeed was only 1. But he had no choice the plane was about to leave the tarmac altogether and plough into the soft and bumpy grass at its side. That might have ripped off the landing gear, leaving Concorde to overturn and blow up on its own. If not, the 7. 47 lay straight ahead. So he took to the air, although he knew he was travelling too slowly, which would impair the damaged planes chances of survival. Shocking evidence now emerging suggests that the Air France Concorde F BTSC had not been properly maintained. The airlines ground staff had failed to replace a spacer a vital component of the landing gear which keeps the wheels in proper alignment. Although the BEA disputes it, there is compelling evidence that it was the missing spacer which may have caused the plane to skew to the left, so forcing Marty to leave the ground too early. At the same time, the plane was operating outside its legally certified limits.