CONCORDE. Engineers on the wing of a Concorde in a British Airways hanger at Heathrow Airport, March 23rd 2001. They were modifying the fuel tanks to prevent penetration of debris from the runway after the fatal Paris Concorde crash. B&W photograph.

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A Concorde in process of being modified in a hanger at Heathrow Airport, London today March 23rd 2001. After the fatal Paris Concorde crash Concordes had a lining put in their fuel tanks to prevent the penetration of debris kicked up from the runway - the cause of the Paris disaster.

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Size: 3066px × 2048px
Location: Heathrow Airport, London.
Photo credit: © Jonathan Player / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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