so are you saying they should of taken a punt to continue,while not knowing what damaged was sustained,this is what set Qantas apart from everone else years ago and this is what gave it such a great safety record,DONT TAKE ANY RISKS
I have experienced three or four tyre burst episodes during take off in my flying career. Each time the gear retracted normally and we were unaware of the situation until ATC informed us that we left tyre debris on the runway. All systems were operating normally so it made no sense to abort the flight, dump down to ldg. wt. and return. You have to make a landing anyhow, it may as well be your destination airport that was informed of possible need for emergency equipment to be on standby. Don't see where the risk factor is; Outsourced.