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Concorde Returns With Engine Glitch [ 07/15/2002 ]
  LONDON (AP) - In the latest glitch for the world's only supersonic passenger jet, a British Airways Concorde turned back from a London-to-New York flight Monday after experiencing engine trouble 11 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.
The plane landed safely at Heathrow Airport, and the airline said there were no injuries and the 59 passengers and crew members were never at risk. It was the second engine problem for the aging aircraft in the eight months since Concorde returned to the skies following a crash near Paris that killed 113 people.
Flight BA001 left London at 11:05 a.m. Monday.
About 90 minutes later, while traveling at 1,300 mph at an altitude of about 58,000 feet, it developed trouble in one of its four engines.
British Airways spokesman Richard Goodfellow said the engine experienced an "engine surge," with too much power flowing through it — making it hard for Concorde to fly in a straight line. "The captain took the decision to shut the engine down, and it's perfectly safe to fly on three engines," Goodfellow said. "Rather than fly on to JFK (airport) at subsonic speed, he took the decision it would be easier to fix at Heathrow because that's where the expertise is."
The plane returned to Heathrow at subsonic speed. Goodfellow said the jet did not have to make an emergency landing, and no incoming flights were delayed to make way for the Concorde.
The plane, carrying 50 passengers and nine crew, touched down at 2:06 p.m."There were no problems whatsoever. It was a perfect landing," Goodfellow said.He said engineers were working to determine the cause of the fault.
 

BA Concorde G-BOAC flew today [ 07/12/2002 ]
  BA Concorde G-BOAC flew today for the first time in 23months.
Alpha Charlie was the aircraft that was taxing when the call came through that the CofAs were to be removed the following day.
She returned to the gate on that day and has been in the hanger (or outside) ever since.
The details and pictures are on this page Click here
 

ICARE magazine [ 07/11/2002 ]
  ICARE magazine has just appeared and there are some pages devoted to the account of the tests of Concorde before its start-up, decorated beautiful photographs.
You can go on the websiteClick here
 

New price for the Concorde [ 07/01/2002 ]
  A price to seize the pleasure !
From July 14 at August 25, 2002, Air France proposes the Concorde with the price of 4999 euros New York return ticket.
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