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Old 9th Sep 2010, 07:56
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No Concorde tank was ever penetrated by a tyre. Really.

Early events were cause by WHEEL failures, hence the redesign of the wheel ('blue' wheels).

A piece of 'cow catcher' (water deflector) penetrated a tank following a tyre burst, this led to the modification of the 'cowcatcher'.

So this event was unique. The tank was not penetrated but was blown out from inside some distance from the point of impact.

So....not necessarily an event definitely 'likely to occur in the next few years'.

Reasons for the blowing out?? Manifold - and subject to some conjecture, but it was not possible to replicate the event in testing when the fuel system was configured as per flight manual.
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