Incident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JUL 1979 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BVFD |
| C/n / msn: | 211 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Washington, DC (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD), United States of America |
| ? |
On takeoff from Washington-Dulles, a tire blew. At FL270 a compressor stall was experienced probably due to foreign object damage.
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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.
