I'm quite upset to see that some pretended professionals can believe Continental is responsible of this accident !
At least take some time to read the facts before posting !
This aircraft suffered dozens of similar issues with some leading to fuel tank perforations. Nothing was done over the years.
That day, this aircraft departed with tail wind, overload leading to tires over-speeding. The incriminated tire was also overstressed during the roll since a missing boogie part was causing a tire deflection and ripping.
When gathering all these conditions, it is obvious that this tire would have exploded sooner or later as it happened so many times previously, and one cannot say it was unpredictable !