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Old 16th Oct 2017, 18:29
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BEagle
 
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SSD, Hutch was being remarkably restrained in the Duxford clip about the Air France Concorde accident.

Ignore Porky Bannister's company man comments - Hutch is infinitely more knowledgeable!

The AF Concorde was over MTOW, even further over RTOW - which wasn't even checked after the tailwind had been announced. The aircraft had been poorly maintained, the captain took unacceptable risks and accepted non-standard procedures; the flight engineer failed totally to follow correct engine fire warning SOPs....

I will never fly with Air Chance!
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