Concorde Tire Blowout Concerns
The crash of Air France Flight 4590 was 4590 the first fatal accident involving the Concorde, which has been in service since 1976. The supersonic aircraft, however, has been involved in several incidents in its 20-year-plus history, including a series of tire blowouts on takeoff that led to the...
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