1. What was the max RTOW for a Concorde on that day? That can be recalculated given the ATOW and an aftercast.
2. What was the ATOW? That can be recomputed from the declared ZFW and the load sheets which must have been signed by the Commander and lodged with the Company.
3. Did the Concorde CVR tape indicate that the surface wind had been passed to the crew?
4. If 2 was greater than 1 due to a change in atmospheric pressure, OAT or surface wind, that surely must constitute reckless endangerment. Notwithstanding the later failure and the uncommanded engine shut down, to ignore basic Perf A calculations in such a cavalier manner would, if proved true, mean that the Commander was putting his passengers and crew at unacceptable risk from the moment the take-off roll commenced.
[ 22 August 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]