The AF Concorde report failed to report with any clarity that:
1. The Commander commenced the take-off with the aircraft outside Perf A limits. According to Concorde experts who have completed performance calculations using available data, even if marginally over MTOW, it was at least 5 tonne over RTOW....
2. The FE shut down an engine which was still producing thrust without having been ordered to do so. From that moment they were doomed.
Sorry, I digress. But the Concorde accident report is NOT a good model to consider.
If the cause of the Nimrod accident is established as having been caused by a fuel fire in the bomb bay, surely thee must be immediate flight restrictions, thorough fleet inspection, and, if necessary, appropriate modification of all other Nimrods.
I just hope the BoI's Accident Report isn't 'modified' by the airships...
