Originally Posted by
indyfabz
The baggage hold is pressurized. I believe that if it were to experience depressurization severe enough to cause tires to explode you would probably have a lot more to worry about.
Tires exploding is pretty unlikely any way. I think the increase is something like 16 psi upon depressurization, since that is atmospheric pressure. Maybe if you were really close to the absolute maximum the tire could really handle and/or the depressurization was so sudden as to be violent enough to cause a problem. I think folks more familiar with the physics than me have debunked the risk though.