Fine the TOW made little/no difference but this was a problem that has been around for ages and was not addressed before lives were lost. See the link below if you haven't already. Tires burst plenty cause more than enough damage to warrant concern.
<a href="http://aviation-safety.net/cgi-bin/dbsearch.cgi?concorde+search+retrieve+&&1-17&Event=burst%%%%dm=Line+cs=No+em=Yes+ob=Key+dfd=Yes" target="_blank">aviation-safety.net previous concorde incidents</a>
[ 18 January 2002: Message edited by: Harvy ]</p>