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Good Vibs
Lots of questions, sorry...
No need for apologies, that's what this thread is for.
Any truth in the story that the runway was resurfaced shortly after the crash?
Quite likely, to repair some of the damage.
All possible clues, ie scrape or tire marks on the runway were thus covered up?
Forget the conspiracy theories.... All scrapes and tyre marks were recorded in great detail very shortly after the accident (check the BEA report). After that, the runway was back in use, so most marks would have been obliterated by other take-offs and landings soon afterwards, anyway.
Also was an AF747 with a very important French Politician on board on a taxiway waiting to cross the runway & saw the Concorde coming its way?
Yes.
The "very important French Politician" was the French president, Jacques Chirac.
Also, IIRC, there are a few snatches of video and some photos taken by passengers of that 747, that were helpful for the investigation. None were spectacular enough to make it into the press, it ssems.
CJ