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Old 6th April 2008 | 09:32
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Mungo Man
 
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If the tyres on an airliner were in any danger of damage from being exposed to low ambient pressure at high altitudes they wouldn't have much of a chance coping with a landing where each one may have to bear the force of more than 25 tons per wheel slamming into the runway thus effectively making each tyre take nearly 40 tons of pressure at touchdown on a bad day.
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