Hi,
As person who follows PPRUNE but does not post often I have a question regarding the crash.
On one of the TV programmes I have viewed about the crash it was stated that the fuel poured out of the tank and was ignited by a damaged electrical cable that was creating sparks. I have one issue with this, watching another programme (air crash investigation) about TWA800 a demonstration was made that proved jet fuel did not ignite if a match (bit more than a spark) was dropped into it. If the fuel was heated to 53 degrees and a match was dropped in the fuel ignited.
My point being what did ignite the fuel that was leaking from the tank on Concorde? Was the fuel in Concorde indeed warm enough to become volitile?
RIP those who perished.
for a video of the fuel ignition demo click this link and got 7min 30 seconds
YouTube - air crash TWA flight 800 part 4