ACR LFT ACFT BLEW A MAIN GEAR TIRE DURING TKOF.

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TKOF WAS NORMAL UNTIL NOSE WHEEL LIFT OFF. AT THAT TIME WAS FELT A STRONG VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE ACFT. VIBRATION CONTINUED UNTIL 20 SECONDS AFTER MAIN GEAR LIFT OFF. TWR RPTED DEBRIS ON THE RWY. WE LEFT THE GEAR DOWN; BEGAN TO BURN DOWN FUEL AND DID A VISUAL INSPECTION FROM INSIDE THE ACFT BUT IT WAS INCONCLUSIVE; A LOW APCH WAS MADE AND GND OBSERVERS ADVISED THE BOTH R MAIN TIRES COULD BE BLOWN. WE CONTINUED TO BURN OFF FUEL AND ALSO NOTICED A SLOW LEAK IN THE L HYD SYS. THE HYD PROBLEM WAS RELATIVELY MINOR AT THIS POINT. OUR FLT ATTENDANTS BRIEFED OUR PAX FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO; I.E. AN UNCTLABLE DEP FROM THE RWY. A POSSIBLE FIRE AND AN EMER EVAC. WE HAD AMPLE TIME TO BE VERY THOROUGH WITH ALL PREPARATIONS. THE LNDG WAS RELATIVELY UNEVENTFUL WITH NO DIRECTIONAL CTL PROBLEMS OR ANY FIRE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED ONLY 1 OF THE 2 R MAIN TIRES WAS BLOWN. IN RETROSPECT; TIME WAS OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET. IT ALLOWED FOR CLOSE CREW COORD; THOROUGH PAX PREPARATION AND AN OVERALL WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN. THE FINAL OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE BUT ALL OF US INVOLVED FELT PREPARED FOR THE OUTCOME.