Originally Posted by
mustafagander
As always there are many factors leading to an accident. Remove any one and the accident is likely to be averted. However any reasonable review of the known facts would point to the missing spacer as the initiating factor. Fit the spacer and the aircraft tracks the runway c/l without the tyre drag and without hitting the notorious titanium bit. Then there is a better than even chance that rotation is about normal speed and we fly away.
Read the investigation report have you?.
If you have then you will see what the conclusions were. Furthermore, both AF and BA changed the tyre construction to reduce the impact of a failure and fitted Kevlar Liners to the fuel tanks.
Why would they go to that expense in order to resume operations if it was as simple as ensuring correct maintenance.