My information comes from this interview and several books on the Concorde.
True he does embellish abit, but he was a Concorde pilot and would know the flight characteristics and procedures better than most.
Remember that Concorde is a pure Delta and was trimmed by fuel transfer. The over weight issue and loss of power in a critical point in the flight meant the pilots did not have sufficient energy to climb and stabilize aircraft.
From :
https://reports.aviation-safety.net/2000/20000725-0_CONC_F-BTSC.pdf same report different hosting.
It had 874kg more baggage onboard than recorded by the dispatcher (not in data sheet given to flight crew) it was also loaded aft of the calculated CG.
Max Takeoff weight in manual 185070kg actual weight from report 185757kg - 186251kg (based on passenger weight averages). So still over weight by between 687 and 1181 kg.
The report states that the tanks where overfilled. part 6.3
All these factors still makes it a multi point failure, overweight, overfilled fuel tanks, time pressure and failure to identify a pattern in tire failures as dangerous.
I was in error on the FE shutting down the engine with out telling the pilots. He told them after he had done it.
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Also the Ignition source was never identified, only theorized to be a short in the Gear bay. The engines reheat was eliminated as a source during the investigation.