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Old 8th May 2012, 23:20
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[NB : The Concorde accident was down to a failure mode which was not considered at the time the aircraft was designed, and no procedure could have saved the aircraft.
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Indeed this failure mode was not considered at the time the aircraft was designed
And for this kind of failure .. it's not possible to apply a procedure (pilot is not able to go plug the holes in F.O tanks) this failure required a structural correction ...
The problem is that along the life of the Concorde .. one of his main problem was the tires (many events) and so the design has to be reconsidered seriously (certainly after the important accident of Washington concerning tires and F.O tanks)
Another flaw design was the position of the tires relative to the engines ducts .. (this one was pratically impossible to correct .. lol)
But it was a possible solution for the dangerous tandem tires-F.O tanks ... and the solution was put in force .... after Gonesse ... unfortunately again too late for some people ...
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