Why was a FOD check not carried out prior to take off ?Why was a FOD check not carried out prior to take off ?
Is this based on the perpetuated myth that a runway inspection was required immediately preceding every Concorde departure, even
before the accident?
And maybe that next airplane would be one of a handful in the world that, as it would turn out, could suffer a fatal crash if a tire hit the metal strip.
Are we sure there's no way such a titanium "blade" could possibly burst a tyre on another type in just such a particular way as to result in a 2m chunk hitting the underside of a wing at high speed and in just such a particular way as to cause a shock wave sufficient to burst a fuel tank from within? Or is this missing the fact that it was very different from previous incidents and has never happened before, to any type?