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| Date: | Saturday 21 July 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BVFD |
| MSN: | 211 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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) |
| Paris-Charles DeGaulle (CDG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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