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Originally Posted by beepbeep

Arguably, it was defect of badly repaired DC-10 dropping metal pieces on a runway that Concorde run over...?

It wasn't metal that punctured the Tank. It was rubber from the tire. And it happened a bunch of times between 1979 and 2001.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/17/concorde.world

Runway alerts
Concorde has had some 70 tyre or wheel related incidents. Seven have led to serious damage and could have ended in catastrophe:
• June 15 1979 Two tyres on Air France plane burst at Washington. Debris blows large hole in wing, damaging wiring and hydraulic systems and puncturing fuel tanks
• July 21 1979 Air France plane leaving Washington blows tyre. Hydraulic lines and cables cut. Fuel tanks leak as plane makes emergency landing
• August 9 1981 BA plane taking off from New York has blowout, damaging landing gear door, engine, fuel tank
• November 15 1985 Tyre bursts on BA plane leaving Heathrow. Damage to landing gear door, holing fuel tank. Two engines damaged
• January 29 1988 BA plane leaving Heathrow loses 10 bolts from landing gear wheel, puncturing fuel tank
• July 17 1993 Tyre bursts on BA plane at Heathrow, damaging landing gear, wing, fuselage and wiring
• October 25 1993 Tyre bursts on BA plane at Heathrow, damaging fuel tank. Wing punctured, fuel leaks