With the rich benefit of hindsight, John Britton isn’t entirely surprised there was a Soviet mole in the factory. It was a long time ago, 1965, but something – or someone – at Filton Aerodrome seemed fishy.
In 2000, tragedy struck as an Air France Concorde, en route to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff near Paris. The devastating accident claimed the lives of all 109 passengers and crew on board, along with four individuals on the ground. This marked the first-ever crash involving the renowned supersonic jet.
they get a cockpit warning indication there is believed to be a fire in the number two engine. once the plane reaches a critical speed, it cannot stop. typically for a pilot when you have a problem and you are committed to flight, which this flight was, they want to crawl to a safety altitude before they take action. the ability to fly is compromised by the fire. when he has the plane flying, he is heavy, low and slow. that s a critical point for a pilot. a minute after takeoff the number two engine fails. this the cockpit they are starting to gern warnings. they have been told they have fire. if ar pilot they go i have fire
controllable because they would be able to shut off electricity to it. unfortunately in the case of swissair 111, they were unable to do that. wear and tear on the entertainment system wiring created an opening that allowed electricity to jump out, an arcing event. the arc occurred right next to the wires that powered the flight deck s most crucial equipment. setting off a fire that spread across the cockpit attic, burning through the ceiling. the situation as in the final few minutes of flight was catastrophic. the airplane s full of smoke, there is evidence of multiple aluminum that s being rained down overhead. the electrical systems are failing. pneumatic systems are failing. one by one, everything that they need to keep the airplane in flight is failing. and they finally lose control of the airplane and it rolls toward the ocean and accelerates and impacts the ocean at a very high speed.