http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7487282.stm
Quote:
Rubber from the tyres ruptured the plane's fuel tanks shortly after take-off from Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport.
A French accident inquiry in 2004 found that the strip of metal had fallen on the runway from a Continental Airlines DC-10 that took off just before the Concorde flight.
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Not sure if anyone remembers this. I do somewhat.
One of those being charge is the engineer that allegedly fitted the piece of metal to the DC-10 that fell off leading to the accident.