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Old 4th Jun 2011, 08:33
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No other damage....
Difficult to be certain of that - tyre flail can cause all sorts of damage which might not be immediately obvious. If the cause of the failure wasn't positively known, there would be some possibility of another tyre failing inside the undercarriage bay later in flight.

Which caused a fatal accident in (I think) a Swissair Caravelle years ago - and an RAF VC10 lost 2 engines when a tyre exploded insie the undercarriage bay, damaging the LP cocks.

Was it wise to continue for another 10 hours? I'm not sure that it was.

The hell with 'fuel waste' or 'delayed passengers' - if your aircraft has suffered a tyre explosion and the extent of the damage isn't known, it might be preferable to leave the undercarriage extended, burn off (or dump if available) and land as soon as practicable?
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