Wing Lining Not Tyres to Blame in Concorde Crash

The combination of a rogue piece of metal and thin fuel tank lining, not the tyres, were to blam in the devastating Concorde crash of 2000, a French judge has ruled. The horrific accident claimed the lives of more than 400 people when a strip of titanium from a Continental Airlines DC-10 caused a puncture in the Concorde’s tyres. The shattering remains of the tyre punctured the aircraft’s thin fuel tanks, causing the tragedy, Judge Christophe Regnard’s report found. In the immediate aftermath Goodyear, the exclusive tyre supplier at the time, came under suspicion, with suggests that the tyre could have caused the disaster.