FLC REMOVED FROM SCHEDULED FLT AFTER AN FK100 LOSES A MAIN TIRE ON TKOF WITH THE FLT PROCEEDING ONTO DEST ARPT WHERE AN EMER LNDG IS PERFORMED AT ORD; IL.

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AS WE BEGAN TKOF ROLL; A LITTLE SHUDDER WAS FELT; BUT NOTHING ELSE AFTER DID NOT SEEM UNUSUAL. A HALF HR INTO FLT; FLT ATTENDANT #1 ADVISES ME (#2) THAT THERE IS A SIT. CAPT WILL GET BACK TO US. 5-10 MINS LATER; CAPT GIVES FLT ATTENDANT #1; THEN TO US OUR INFO: TYPE OF EMER; EVAC; POSSIBLE TIME LEFT. WE HAD LOST A TIRE ON TKOF. WE WERE TO DO A PLANNED EVAC PREPARATION. THE CAPT MADE A PA TO PAX; EXPLAINED SIT TO PAX; WHAT WE WERE DOING; ETC. WE; FLT ATTENDANTS; DID OUR PLANNED EMER CHKLIST; RESEATED PAX TO FORWARD PART OF ACFT. ONLY 29 PAX; SO EVERYONE WAS FORWARD OF WINDOW EXITS. 2 UNIFORMED COMMUTER PLTS SAT AT 2 WINDOW EXITS; PAX AT 3RD; AND I (#2) MOVED TO OTHER AFT WINDOW EXIT. NO EXIT AT BACK. A THIRD COMMUTER FLT ATTENDANT SAT ON #3 JUMP SEAT. ALL PAX CALM; ASKED ABOUT CONNECTING FLTS; SO NOT WORRIED. WE DID A LOW FLY-BY FOR THE TWR. CAME BACK AROUND; LANDED PERFECTLY -- NO PROBS. RAMP STANDS WERE BROUGHT OVER; PAX DEPLANED. LOTS OF EMER EQUIP. WE WERE TOWED TO GATE. FLT SVC DEBRIEFED US. FLT ATTENDANTS CONTINUED ON TO OUR NEXT FLT. PLTS WERE DEBRIEFED BY THEIR CHIEF PLT AND WERE REMOVED FROM THE NEXT LEG.