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Concorde - join the campaign
In article op.tcfi56vzj9nxpm@clive,
Clive wrote: But, The concorde crash was caused by something outside the control of the concorde crew i.e. debris from another aircraft (also the same for the Lockerbie 747), So had it not been for that it's record would have been 100%. That is a totally unrealistic line of thought. There will be FOD on the ramp or runway as some point in an airplane's operating life. Had that small piece of metal not been on the runway the day that the Concorde crashed, it would have been on some other runway some other day. An airplane that is designed to crash, burn, and kill over 100 people when it its a small piece of FOD is an aircraft that is both flawed and an accident waiting to happen. The only curious thing is why it took so long. In fact, a previous time that a Concorde hit debris and punctured the fuel tanks, the aircraft managed to survive without crashing. That is probably the true wonderment. -john- -- ================================================== ==================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ==================== |
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