Incident Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 F-BVFD,
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Date:Saturday 21 July 1979
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CONC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101
Owner/operator:Air France
Registration: F-BVFD
MSN: 211
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:near Washington-Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD)
Destination airport:Paris-Charles DeGaulle (CDG)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Loss of thread on tyre no. 7 due to FOD. On takeoff from Washington-Dulles, a tire blew. At FL270 a compressor stall was experienced probably due to foreign object damage.


Sources:

http://www.concordesst.com/accident/past.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 November 1977 F-BVFD Air France 0 Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, Dakar sub
5 November 1979 F-BVFD Air France 0 Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD) min
Collision with an animal on the ground

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jul-2012 07:22 harro Added
09-Dec-2015 23:16 Dr.John Smith Updated [Date, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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