Great post Capt. Chuck!
That incident happened close to where I grew up.
I had a blowout last year with new tires on my company vehicle and I wondered how that 12 ply BF with less than 10000 km (which I put on in a month) could blow.......I guess I should change the ones on my 38 Plymouth
BTW I think 10000 km = roughly 6000 or so miles