Originally Posted by
hunbet
I worked Maintenance for 41 years and never saw a tire damaged like this.
IF the tire didn't let go on or just after leaving the ground, the next opportunity for its highest stress would be, when the aircraft does reach altitude, when the pressure difference between inside and outside gets to the max, combined with the low temperature to give the lowest plasticity / the highest brittleness of the rubber and carcass.
The picture also seems to show more sidewall damage, though, of course, you can't see from the picture, whether that's collateral damage from the landing or additional damage, originally there, just like the pre-blowout damage.
Could it be, this signals more towards damage caused during storage/mounting of the tire and less towards an operational damaging ?