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Originally Posted by Moon Man
I'm also glad you mentioned the Concorde. The Concorde that crashed and brought the plane to retirement was caused by a fire in the tire well.
Guess what..?
The shuttle Columbia was downed by a fire/explosion in the tire well. The concorde disaster was a test run for bringing down Columbia. Columbia was the only mission to fly without the Canadarm on board, because it's an expensive tool that they didn't want to waste, since they knew the shuttle was going to be destroyed.
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Where do you get your information? Wrong on all counts. Concorde was brought down by a tyre burst outside the well which resulted in fuel tank and engine damage. Columbia was lost because it had a large hole in the thermal protection on the wing leading edge, nothing to do with tyres. Plenty of Shuttle missions flew without the Canadarm, it was only carried when needed. One Canadarm was lost with Challenger.