Concorde redesign urged after tank holed
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British Airways is calling for a design change on its Concorde after a tyre- burst punctured a fuel tank on a taxi-ing aircraft, writes Christian Wolmar.
Three incident involving rudders braking up in flight between 1989 and 1993 led BA last year to order new ones at a cost of pounds 1m each
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