1. The report also cited numerous incidents in which tires had burst on Concordes of both airlines over the years, six of which involved tires perforating fuel tanks. 2. Police said the truck, loaded with gravel and sand, careened into the opposite lane when the tire burst. 3. It was not know what caused the tires to burst. 4. One of the front tires burst shortly after it took off from a midway stop in Aguascalientes. 5. One of the survivors said the accident was caused when a tire burst. 6. Survivors told the newspaper that the crash occurred when a tire burst at high speed, causing the driver to lose control and go off the highway. 7. The landing was not without trouble as two of the airplanes tires burst when it touched the runway, passengers said. 8. The strip caused a Concorde tire to burst, propelling rubber debris into the fuel tanks and sparking a fuel leak and fire that brought the plane down. 9. The statement said investigators have concluded that a Concorde tire burst after running over the piece on the runway. 10. The tires burst when it landed. |