Originally Posted by
arearadar
As an ATCO we had very specific instructions about how to deal with a Concorde radiation overdose. We were told that it would have to make an emergency descent and how to integrate it with other traffic as it descended and what the priorities were.
Has any Concorde crew ever had to do this?
Dave,
I was looking to confirm my own memory on the matter and found this quote, from a personal friend, on another aviation forum.
No actual radiation caused descents on either BA or AF Concordes in 25 years of operation.
Knowing him, and knowing where he worked, I would trust that statement implicitly!
The "blips" on the radiation meter over certain "hot spots", in the UK, the US and the Middle East, are well-known bits of Concorde folklore.
CJ