New tyre design for Concorde

Paris - The Michelin tyre company yesterday showed what it called a revolutionary new tyre design for Concorde, raising hopes…

Paris - The Michelin tyre company yesterday showed what it called a revolutionary new tyre design for Concorde, raising hopes that the supersonic airliner could be back in commercial service within months.

Since investigators concluded that a single burst tyre was responsible for an Air France Concorde ploughing into a hotel outside Paris last July, both the French national carrier and British Airways have grounded the jet.

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