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Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology (Reprint Edition) by James R. Chiles Paperback, 338 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-06-662082-1 / 0066620821 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-662082-4 / 9780066620824 On July 25, 2000, a small piece of debris on the runway at a Paris airport caused a tire to blow out on an Air France Concorde during its take off. A heavy slab of rubber that spun off from a tire created a shock wave in a wing tank, which burst open and sent fuel streaming into an engine intake. As |