and now for the facts
1/ The incident happened on Thursday
2/ The tire did not burst or blow on take-off, some tread separated, the tire never did deflate even after the air return and "heavy" landing.
3/ It was not "a hole in the wing" it was a hole in a spolier panel, which I believe (and i'm sure a ground engineer can and will correct me if wrong) is constructed of glass-fibre or similar material
3/pax were not on the aircraft for 2hours after landing. The aircraft taxied onto stand and the pax were off the aircraft and in the terminal within 30mins of the return landing. The big cooling fan, was in fact an Air Conditioning Unit which was used to cool the brakes as a precaution once the aircraft was on stand
4/The RFFS used heat sensors immediately after landing to confirm the cockpit indication that the brakes had not overheated excessivley after the "heavy' Landing.
never let the facts stand in the way of a good rumour!!