Alex you made me laugh, AN 124 obviously does not know you back ground as we do.
And for the rest of you guys who are making judgements about what the crew should have done and what they did not do, you are going to have egg on your face when the final report comes out, trust me.
I standby my first posting on this subject, unless you where in the flight deck you can not assume the correct actions to be taken.
Even if the assumptions in the post are correct and they stopped for burst tires, this does not mean they made an error of judgement.
In the sim it's easy a burst tire goes bang, and the aircraft swings, in real life this may not be what happens.