A B767-200ER REJECTED TKOF AT 120 KTS DUE TO BLOWN TIRES ON THE R MAIN GEAR.

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ON TKOF AT RIO; ALL WAS NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 110 KTS. THEN THERE WAS A THUMP AND INCREASING VIBRATION. IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS A TIRE FAILURE. AN ABORT WAS INITIATED AT 120 KTS AND THE PLANE STOPPED. WE PULLED OFF THE RWY ON THE LAST TXWY. THEN STARTED THE APU AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGS. THE ABORT PROCS WERE RUN INCLUDING CHKING COOLING TIMES. OPS SENT BUSSES OUT AND THE PAX WERE DEPLANED. 3 TIRES HAD BLOWN WHILE ACCELERATING. THERE WAS ENOUGH DAMAGE TO THE STRUT THAT THE FLT WAS CANCELED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED BTWN 110-120 KTS THEY HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BIRD STRIKE; A THUMP. THE RPTR SAID THE RELIEF PLT IMMEDIATELY IDENTED THE SOUND AS TIRE FAILURE. THE RPTR SAID THE TKOF WAS REJECTED AND THE ACFT TURNED OFF THE RWY ON A TXWY. THE RPTR STATED EVERYTHING WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY; AND THE ACFT WAS ACCELERATING NORMALLY. THE RPTR STATED THE RWY WAS CLR AND THE ACFT DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING. THE RPTR SAID THE TIRES WERE SHREDDED AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE TIRE CAPS WERE THROWN.