The Saudia incident had nothing to do with a tire (tyre). It was the bead on the rim that failed and holed the pressure deck over the main landing gear wheel well, the tire never lost pressure. The accident investigation revealed undersized beads on some of the L-1011 MLG wheels.
Addtionally, I was in the USAF from 1965 to 1969 and we used nitrogen to service tires at that time.