On rotation, the face of the unprecedentedly-large fan and nacelle intake was tilted to the airflow, which caused unexpected changes to the engine.
Nothing should have been unexpected. .. surge at high alpha has always been a design case... and one particularly requiring flight test clearance!
Nasty and deadly surge on approach caused several fatals contributing to the record brraking protracted development of the F-111 I believe. ..
NB. Intake design is one thing that made Concorde so successful...
Comet problems were as much thinness of skin, type of rivetting & production inspection... as well as mis- understanding of fatigue laws in late '40s ...
Square windows (with very rounded corners) .. always used as an easy quote but very far from the prime factor in those unfortunate days
Yes, agree Volume
MBA's should be banned not just from the aviation industry but from banking post 2008 and best completely re-evaluated as a worthwhile qualification. .. certainly created a nasty tick box culture that allows 'managers' to know nothing at all about the business they're managing be it banking or running a brothel... aha! now that just might be their forte! Try time and motion studying that industry
