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The new Concorde has been fitted with fuel-tank liners of bulletproof Kevlar, a flameproof reinforced undercarriage and extra-resistant radial tires.The tires, designed by French firm Michelin, passed rigorous tests, including one that revved the wheel faster than 250 mph — the Concorde's speed at takeoff — and injected it with a titanium blade. The July 2000 crash has been widely blamed on a ruptured tire that sent debris flying into a fuel tank, though officials have not yet named a cause."We have never been able to make this tire blow up, under any circumstance," Pierre Desmarets, chief executive of Michelin Aircraft Tire Division, told Associated Press Television News.An Icon ReturnsBut equally important to the engineering changes, aviation analysts say, is the symbolism of the Concorde reclaiming the skies
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