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I once saw a detailed breakdown of a well-known Concorde crash and it's staggering how many coincidences came together to mess up those people's day. Iirc a spa
by alpaca128 6y ago
I once saw a detailed breakdown of a well-known Concorde crash
and it's staggering how many coincidences came together to mess
up those people's day. Iirc a spare part for another plane was
faulty, fell off onto the runway, the Concorde's wheels hit it
and exploded due to the strain, one of the rubber chunks hit the
fuel tanks causing a leak and another shredded some live wires,
leading to ignition of the leaking fuel.
- andi999 6y agoIsn't almost everything the fuel tank? So I would say these events are not all independent.
- GuB-42 6y agoIt wasn't the first time the Concorde had exploded tires. There already was several "close calls". The last one was for real, with the power of hindsight, they should have addressed the problem long before the deadly crash. For me, the best illustration is the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in the history of aviation. Two Boeing 747 crashing into each other on the runway during takeoff. Circumstances included fog, problems in the control tower, nonstandard phraseology, radio interference and overworked personnel.