A Concorde jet erupts in flames seconds after lifting off the runway at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Most of the wreckage, from one of the world's fastest passenger planes, is consumed by fire. But three mysterious clues are found on the runway—a ruptured fuel tank, some torn pieces of tire, and a mysterious strip of metal. Now French investigators must figure out how this curious collection of leads is connected, and what could have caused the first fatal crash of Concorde jet.
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