 British Airways to Use F1 Technology Thursday January 18th, 2001 British Airways will adopt Formula One technology in order to solve the safety problems on its Concorde airplanes, the company announced this week. The needle-nosed planes from British Airways and Air France, the only two airlines to use the Concorde, had been grounded until safety could be assured, following a crash in Paris which caused the death of 113 passengers back in July last year. Investigators believe a burst tyre triggered a fatal fire in the fuel tanks on board the flight, so the British airline is to introduce new fuel tank liners - manufactured by EADS - which are made of a kevlar-rubber compound, like those used in Formula One for some years now. The compound, compulsory in Formula One, is designed to deform if it sustains a major impact, rather than fracturing. British Airways will make a £30 million investment in order to allow the Concorde to fly again.
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