I think the real point that shouldn't be missed is that NO commercial airliner should be taken down by a tire burst. The real cause here is that there was a known problem where a tire coming apart could (and had in the past) cause a serious rupture in a fuel tank. This problem should have been fixed prior to the failure. It follows the same format as the Challenger accident. Every good engineer who knew of the problem felt that it would cause a catastrophic accident sooner or later.....and they were right