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Old 8th Apr 2010, 22:10
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attacs,

your search had no success as you used the US (read - Microsoft global standard english - at this point) spelling "tires". This is an A340 operated in a city that the opium-dealing British once called "Occupied Territory"(open for general trading in drugs etc), locally the spelling is "tyre".

Apparently the Brits haven't used the spelling "tire" since the 18th century, nor since the pneumatic "tyre" was invented and named by Joseph Dunlop in the 19th century, only certain backwards looking (in a historical sense - before I start a xenophobic reaction here) nations still use the old version - "tire".

Hoping this clarifies.

Best Regards,

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