B727-200 CREW WAS INFORMED THEY HAD A POSSIBLE TIRE FAILURE ON TKOF AT DFW.

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EMER LNDG AT BWI AFTER FUEL DUMP; TIRE DAMAGE. WHILE ENRTE TO BWI WE WERE ADVISED BY ATC; ZFW; THAT B727 TIRE FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND ON THE RWY 17R JUST AFTER OUR DEP. WE PREPARED WHILE ENRTE TO BWI FOR AN EMER LNDG AND COORDINATED WITH ATC OUR INTENTIONS TO DO A FLY-BY THEN BE VECTORED TO DUMP FUEL PRIOR TO COMMENCING APCH TO BWI RWY 28. UPON ARR TO BWI AIRSPACE WE WERE VECTORED TO RWY 33L LOC TO PERFORM THE FLY-BY. GND PERSONNEL NOTED NO OBSERVABLE DAMAGE; HOWEVER OUR FE DID IDENT THE #1 MAIN TIRE AS THE SUSPECT TIRE. FOLLOWING THE FLY-BY WE WERE VECTORED OVER THE BAY; E OF BWI; TO DUMP FUEL. WE BEGAN DUMPING AT XA01Z AND DUMPED APPROX 10000 LBS IN THAT GENERAL AREA WHILE BEING VECTORED. AT THE COMPLETION OF DUMPING WE WERE THEN VECTORED TO JOIN THE RWY 28 ILS APCH. WE PERFORMED A FLAPS 30 DEG LNDG AND TOUCHED DOWN SOFTLY AT VREF. WE WERE MET BY ARFF EQUIP; MAINT; ARPT PERSONNEL; AND FAA. WE DISEMBARKED THE PAX THROUGH THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR AFTER ARFF ADVISED US THE ACFT WAS NOT A FIRE HAZARD AND AFTER PEOPLE MOVERS ARRIVED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. ALL THE CREW WAS TRANSPORTED TO OPS ON THE SECOND PEOPLE MOVER.