Here goes (I would note from the photos in the report that soot traces on= the runway show that the fire broke out when the aircraft was clearly st= ill on or near the runway centerline, therefore quashing the theory that = a runway light stanchion was the cause; the aircraft did drift towards t= he lights, but only after the catastrophic sequence of events had commenc= ed): R=E9sum=E9 Lors du d=E9collage de la piste 26 droite de l'a=E9rodrome de Paris Charl= es de Gaulle, peu avant la rotation, le pneu avant droit (roue n=B0 2) du= train gauche roule sur une lamelle m=E9tallique tomb=E9e d'un autre avio= n et se d=E9t=E9riore. Des d=E9bris sont projet=E9s contre la structure d= e l'aile, provoquant une rupture du r=E9servoir 5. Un feu important, alim= ent=E9 par la fuite, se d=E9clare presque imm=E9diatement sous la voilure= gauche. Des probl=E8mes apparaissent peu apr=E8s sur le moteur 2 et mome= ntan=E9ment sur le moteur 1. L'avion d=E9colle. L'=E9quipage arr=EAte le = moteur 2, toujours proche du r=E9gime ralenti, apr=E8s une alarme feu mot= eur. Il constate que le train ne rentre pas. L'avion vole pendant environ= une minute =E0 la vitesse de 200 kt et =E0 l'altitude radio sonde de 200= pieds, mais il ne peut pas prendre ni altitude ni vitesse. Le moteur 1 p= erd alors sa pouss=E9e, l'incidence et l'inclinaison de l'avion augmenten= t fortement. La pouss=E9e des moteurs 3 et 4 diminue rapidement. L'avion = s'=E9crase sur un h=F4tel. Translated: During takeoff from runway 26 at Paris-CDG, shortly before rotation, the = front right tire (wheel no. 2) of the left landing gear rolled over a met= allic blade fallen from another aircraft, and is damaged. Debris was pro= jected, impacting against the wing structure, causing rupture of no. 5 fu= el tank. A serious fire, fed by the ensuing leak, starts almost immediat= ely under the left wing. Problems occured shortly afterwards with no. 2 = engine and momentarily with no. 1 engine. The aircraft took off. The cr= ew shut down no. 2 engine, which remained near idle, after an engine fire= warning. The crew realizes that the landing gear won’t retract. = The aircraft flew for approximately 1 minute at 200 knots, and a radar al= titude of 200 feet, but is unable to climb or accelerate. No. 1 engine t= hen loses thrust, with the angle of attack and of bank of the aircraft in= creasingly greatly. No. 3 and 4 engines lose thrust rapidly. The aircra= ft crashes into a hotel. Mike Gammon > = > From: WaterskiPilot@aol.com > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:26:04 EST > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Concorde future 'under review' > = > In a message dated 2/28/2003 9:48:26 AM Central Standard Time, > jmgammon@sympatico.ca writes: > = > > French only unfortunately. Not a problem for me but not likely to en= dear > > itself to others. > > > = > Don't keep us in suspense, can you summarize? > = > Jim > Jim Hann > Waterski J-41 Captain > Lambert-St. Louis Airport (STL/KSTL) > =