Incident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 SEP 1980 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 102 |
| Operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BOAF |
| C/n / msn: | 216 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Washington-Dulles, DC (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD), United States of America |
| ? |
No.8 tire blew on takeoff from Washington-Dulles Airport. Upon landing, pieces of tire damaged the engine and airframe.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
