In my distant past I was involved in an incident with a VC 10 en route Leuchars to Brize around xmas time 1988 (IIRC) we brought to attention of both the flight and ground eng. our concerns over a worn tyre it would appear that they did not take our advice and had a bit of the get it home syndrom, all was well until at top of climb the said tyre let go in the wheel well and took out the fuel lines for 2 engines with a subsequent emergency landing into Brize on a foamed runway
