A B767-300 ABORTS TKOF AT 160 KIAS IN ORD DUE TO FLAP TKOF CONFIGN WARNING.

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LOCATION: RWY 14R ORD. AT APPROX 150 KTS; FLAP TKOF CONFIGN WARNING FLASHED ON; THEN OFF; THEN CAME BACK ON STEADY. CAPT INITIATED ABORT WITH PEAK SPD BEING 160 KTS. V1 WAS 164 KTS. ACFT DECELERATED NORMALLY AND WE EXITED RWY 14R AT THE RWY 27L INTXN. TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THIS ACFT WAS LOADED HEAVILY FOR A FLT FROM ORD TO LHR. THE FLC RECEIVED A LIGHT INDICATING THE FLAPS WERE NOT IN A TKOF POS. CAPT MADE A QUICK DECISION TO ABORT THE TKOF. FLC NOTED THE AIRSPD TO BE 160 KIAS WHEN THE ABORT PROC WAS APPLIED. V1 WAS CALCULATED AT 164 KTS. THE FO HAD NOT CALLED OUT THE V1 SPD. TKOF WAS STARTED AT RWY 14R. WHEN THE ABORT STARTED; THE CAPT REVERSED THE ENGS AND THE REJECTED TKOF FEATURE OF THE AUTOBRAKES QUICKLY APPLIED PRESSURE. THE DECELERATION WAS SMOOTH WITH THE ACFT ALWAYS MAINTAINING CTRLINE. THE ACFT WAS SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH THAT THE FLT TURNED FROM RWY 14R AT RWY 27L. THE FLC TAXIED TO THE ACR PARKING GATE AND DEPLANED ALL FLC AND PAX. LATER; SEVERAL TIRES OF THE ACFT DEFLATED WHEN THE TIRE FUSE PLUGS MELTED. FLC DEPARTED IN ANOTHER ACFT.