You’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 airpl

You’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.