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Wikipedia: "Whilst taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, the aircraft ran over debris on the runway, causing a tyre to explode and disintegrate. Tyre fragm
by lupire 3y ago
Wikipedia: "Whilst taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, the aircraft ran over debris on the runway, causing a tyre to explode and disintegrate. Tyre fragments, launched upwards at great speed by the rapidly spinning wheel, violently struck the underside of the wing, damaging parts of the landing gear – thus preventing its retraction – and causing the integral fuel tank to rupture. Large amounts of fuel leaking from the rupture ignited, "
Concorde had decades of documented tyre problems. That was a flawed design (tyre and fuel tank) that allowed this crazy outcome.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoYou’ve chosen a very selective quote. What caused the tire to explode in such spectacular fashion? It was a strip of metal that had fallen off of another airplane a few minutes before. Concorde did have a higher risk due to its higher takeoff speed, but the only fatal accident in the airframes history was directly caused by a piece of metal that fell off a different plane.