A Tale of Two Tires

In the last 24 hours there have been two incidents in which tires have blown out on jets as they landed resulting in fires, but with very different results. First, from Miami:

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- All 118 passengers and crew were evacuated safely Thursday when a fire broke out in the left wheel well of US Airways Flight 431, officials said.

Firefighters using foam quickly extinguished the fire, which was sparked when two tires blew as the Boeing 737 landed at 1:45 p.m., Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.

Airport operations supervisor Ike Wetherill said the 113 passengers and five crew aboard used emergency slides to get out of the jetliner, and no one was hurt.

And this morning from Iran:

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state TV reported 80 dead when their plane caught fire as it was landing Friday in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, state television reported.

The fire began after a tire blew out as the aircraft was landing, the television station reported. The civilian flight originated in Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country.

A question for the mullahs: Why would Allah kill the faithful and let the infidels live? Just curious.