9. Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crash (2000)
On 25 July 2000, a Concorde flight of Air France crashed moments after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, killing 113 people. During takeoff, one of the tires was cut by a metal strip debris lying on the runway and a large chunk of the ruptured tire struck the underside of the wing causing a chain of events that ended with the crash.
The investigation showed that the Concorde was prone to catastrophic disasters resulting from tire explosions, much more than other aircrafts. The reason was that due to its design, the Concorde required a much higher air and tire speed during the takeoff roll, which both increases the risk of tire explosion, and increases the risk to a massive damage when it does explode. Following the accident, modifications were made to the design of the airplane that was once considered among the safest planes in the world. The accident marked the end of the supersonic airliner and the Concorde eventually retired 3 years later
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