There were 57 instances of Concorde planes suffering burst or punctured tyres before last July's Air France crash, according to an interim report by accident investigators. Of these incidents ...
it definitely applied to Concorde during those decades. It seemed to be a fixture without an end to its service. But in July 2000, the aircraft suffered its first and only fatal crash. An Air ...
In July 2000, a ruptured tire, shredded by a piece of metal lying on the runway during takeoff, caused a crash that killed 113 people and ultimately contributed to Concorde's retirement.
French president Jacques Chirac was almost killed in the Concorde crash in Paris in July 2000, a new book claims. On that day, the burning Air France Concorde passed within seven yards of an Air ...