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Tyre failure led to Concorde crash.(Brief Article)
European Rubber Journal, October, 2000 by Shaw, David
A burst tyre led directly to the crash of the Air France Concorde on July 15. Debris from the tyre ruptured a fuel tank and led to a catastrophic fire, and the death of all 109 passengers and crew.
The official report into the fatal crash of the Concorde aircraft outside Paris on 15 July says, "the first significant event in the sequence of the accident was the bursting of the front inboard tyre (no. 2) on the left main landing gear."
The report continues "the tyre burst ... was, of itself, the primary cause of this accident."
"At this stage of the enquiry what is uniquely different in this case is that tyre debris alone is thought to have led to this catastrophic accident."
Because, "a burst tyre alone should never cause the loss of...
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