Gordon et al. state that the flight crew had departed from the approved flight profile for the display. They were under instructions to outperform the Concorde display by all means. During the unapproved, and therefore unrehearsed manoeuvres, the stability and control augmentation system was not operating. If it had been, it would have prevented the loads that caused the port wing to fail.
Gordon et al. state that the flight crew had departed from the approved flight profile for the display. They were under instructions to outperform the Concorde display by all means. During the unapproved and therefore unrehearsed manoeuvres the stability and control augmentation system was not operating. If it had been, it would have prevented the loads that caused the port wing to fail.