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There are three key speeds that jet jockeys worry about when they are rolling down a runway: V1, VR and V2. Marcot would have called out the speeds as they passed by: V1, the "takeoff-decision speed," at which pilots decide to continue or abort their takeoff; VR, the speed at which the pilot lifts the nose; and V2, the speed at which the plane leaves the ground. After passing V1, pilots are trained how to continue the takeoff--even if an engine fails or a tire blows. Somewhere between V1 and V2, things went wrong for Flight...
...plane reported that they were unable to retract the landing gear. With the gear down and dragging on the plane's aerodynamics, and with two engines apparently failing, the Concorde's fate was sealed. "The Concorde is a technical masterpiece, but with two engines failing and a fire on takeoff, the crew had little real hope," says former pilot Manton Fain. About a minute after lifting off, four miles from the runway's end, the plane rolled left and slammed into the ground. Its more than 31,500 gal. of jet fuel erupted in an instant inferno. All 100 passengers...
...crash quickly. Both black boxes were recovered, and the wealth of witnesses should make it easy to reconstruct the plane's final moments. Just what went wrong with the left-side engines remains a mystery for now. Authorities will seriously look into the possibility that a blown tire on takeoff sent scrap rubber screaming into the engine inlets, triggering a fire. In 1981 the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S. warned Concorde operators about blowout risk after four takeoff incidents. Pilots say a fully loaded Concorde's takeoff speed and maximum tire speed can come perilously close...
During its takeoff from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, Air France Flight 4590 heaves itself off the ground, only to find its engines on fire and landing gear stuck. The pilot is unable either to abort the takeoff or make it to nearby Le Bourget airport...
NOSE Droops hydraulically during takeoff to improve the crew's forward view...