Originally Posted by Stilton
I would have dumped fuel and returned
Well, assuming that the crew hadn't noticed anything and that they only heard long after TO that one of their tyres
might have burst I think that almost all crews would have continued. Imagine getting a call from dispatch after XXX time (and there's no indication on your instruments whatsoever that there's anything wrong) : "Hey, captain, one of the tyres might have burst on TO, but we're not sure" Well, unless dispatch asks me to return for operational reasons, I would think it's
not unwise to continue to the destination.
Decisions can only be as good as the information they are based upon.