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Old 9th Jun 2011, 08:00
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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.

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