I could imagine the pax freaking out during the RTA, and hard braking. DXB's extended runways came in very handy in this circumstance, an investment that is worth every penny. If this happened a few years ago while the runways where much shorter who know what could of happened. The pilot would have no choice but to take the plane off the ground, and worry later of how to land the aircraft with blown tires.

The aircraft most of been very close to its maximum take off weight. I wonder what the load factor was on the flight ?

I'm sure the smoke from the nose gear also made the situation tense, not to mention when all the fire trucks arrived.

The plane's brakes, and tires where most likely replaced since the aircraft took off eight hours later. I'm sure they will pay extra attention to this on all their other aircraft from now on.