What Engineering Design Flaws Led To The Concord Air France Flight 4950 Crash

Engineering Disasters: Concorde Air France Flight 4950 Crash (2000)
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Official reports by France’s Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA, 2001) revealed that on the Tuesday of July 25th, 2000 Concorde Air France Flight 4950 from Paris en route to New York crashed barely two minutes after takeoff from runway 26 at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airplane rammed into a hotel in Gonesse, France, bursting into flames and killing all the 109 passengers on board including the 9 flight crew members, and 4 other ground casualties. This catastrophic incident raised engineering concerns, which beg the following questions: What engineering design flaws led to the disaster? Whose fault was it? What future precautions and safety measures are recommended? Were any new laws, practices, or regulations implemented as a result of the disaster? What was the overall

An engineering disaster, as used in this context, specifically refers to an unprecedented occurrences arising particularly from engineering system design flaws, use of substandard parts on system construction or even human error (John Henley,

The Concorde type 1 aircraft was manufactured by EADS/BAE SYSTEMS. It was enlisted for airline services on the 24th October 1979 with 11989 flight hours and 4873 cycles until the fateful day. The failed landing gear retraction system is electrically controlled by a lever on the pilot’s instrument panel, but activation is achieved by the hydraulic pressure system. The brakes of the aircraft are manufactured by Dunlop Corporation. Worth noting, the brakes are electrically controlled, but hydraulically