Metal Strip May Have Been From DC-10
A piece of metal that gashed a Concorde’s tire probably came from a Continental Airlines plane that took off on the same runway four minutes earlier, French investigators announced. Authorities were convinced early on that the metal part destroyed a left forward tire, sending huge chunks of rubber toward the fuel tanks, causing a fuel leak and a fire. The July 25 crash killed 113 people, mostly German tourists. A Continental DC-10 had a part missing that “appeared to be identical to the metal piece found on the runway” at Charles de Gaulle Airport, France’s Accident and Inquiry Office reported.
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