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My daughter's flight touched down just before the US Airways flight, she said her flight from Ohio to Philly was a rocky ride due to high winds and then to see the US Airways flight on the runway like that, they we're so happy to be home.
At high speeds, it's almost always better to continue the takeoff for a blown tire. Reason: your stopping ability (if blown main tire) or steering ability (if blown nose tire) is reduced. That being said, there is no cockpit indication for blown tires (although some planes have tire pressure monitors) and a compressor stall on an engine can give similar symptoms, so the captain has to do some high-speed mental calculations to decide whether to abort or not. Generally at high speeds, aborts are only recommended for engine failures, loss of control, or fires. A blown tire may or may not cause a loss of control (all large planes have at least 2 tires on all gear).
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