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With a wear strip missing. the strip was a reinforcement that came loose when the plane took off shortly before the concorde. investigators are confident they have identified a crucial part of the accident sequence but the question remains how could a damaged tire lead to a fatal crash? greg fithe is a crash investigator and former consultant to continental airlines on an unrelated case. >> at speeds of up to 200 miles an hour, when that tire blew out after striking that piece of metal, it turned to shrapnel and those small and large fragments of rubber started to strike the bottom of the airc...

Unflyable. the crew tried to reduce the power on develop engines but it you again of no use. >> as bystanders watch in horror, the plane plaeng crashes in to a small hotel. >> it was such a huge fire that i couldn't see anything, no plane, no wreckage, no hotel. >> 113 people died, including four on the ground. the tragedy sends a shock wave through the aviation world. coming up, how could the most capable aircraft in the fleet, without a fatal accident in its history, ignite during takeoff? >> it was a time bomb. they were going to die. s it lik. salesperson #1: point is there's never been s ...

In to the everglades. >> may 11th, 1996. valujet flight 592 has just taken off from miami bound for atlanta, georgia. six minutes after takeoff, the pilots hear a loud noise from inside the body of the plane. seconds later, the electrical systems fail. the first officer radios air traffic control. >> need immediate return to miami. >> jesse fisher is on duty. >> his voice was very calm, very in control. he didn't sound urgent. >> while the pilots are assessing the electrical failure, smoke has started to come up through the floors of the cabin. >> what kind of problem are you having? >> smoke ...

These wires would release an enormous amount of energy and could ignite a fire. investigators do, in fact, find evidence of arcing on the left and right lavatory feeder wires, that come out through holes in the floorboards. the arc starts a fire that ignites the lavatory walls, the fire then spreads consuming vital electric systems, making it almost impossible for captain cameron to control the aircraft. >> became suddenly very hard to fly. it was nose heavy because the stabilizer trim had failed. >> his arms would have been very, very, very tired by the time he got on the ground. he had expen...

Hour. just before the nose wheel lifts, flames erupt from under the left wing. eyewitnesses see the low-flying plane move unsteadily through the sky with an inferno trailing behind it. just two minutes after takeoff, the most famous passenger aircraft in the world crashes into a hotel. >> they were doomed. they could do nothing. >> july 25th, 2000. air france flight 4590 is preparing for takeoff from paris' charles degaulle airport on its way to new york. people stop to watch as the concorde prepares for takeoff. no one realizes they are about to witness a disaster. >> as they start their take...