The World - News from Nov. 19, 1985
A British Airways Concorde flight was delayed for 2 1/2 hours at London’s Heathrow Airport because of an unspecified “technical problem.” It was the fourth incident in five days involving the supersonic jetliners. Last Thursday, a Concorde burst a tire on landing and 74 passengers were evacuated. The following day, a tire on another Concorde blew out during takeoff. Sunday, a Concorde chartered by the Cunard Line was delayed for more than seven hours because of an undisclosed technical problem, then turned back when a warning light in the cockpit indicated a landing-gear fault.
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