Incident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 09 AUG 1981 |
| Time: | 10:23 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 102 |
| Operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BOAG |
| C/n / msn: | 214 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 94 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom |
Tires no. 1 and 2 burst on takeoff from New York-JFK and caused a hole in the no. 5 fuel tank and damaged the no. 2 engine (ingestion). The tire was running deflated when the thread detached.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airframe - landing gear: wheels,tires,axles
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
powerplant - miscellaneous: foreign object damage Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 5501 km (3438 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 5501 km (3438 miles).
