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Originally Posted by dizbuster
I went with the fake theory for 3 reasons...
1. one tyre is completely bald whereas the other (undamaged) tyre at least has "tread". I am no expert, but why is there no tread the damaged tyre, I wouldn't have thought that airlines were allowed to use tyres with no tread, as that would mean they could skid on any surface with their "slicks" !! 
2. upon close inspection, it looks (to me) like someone has "painted" a grey "loop" on the tyre and it doesn't look (to me) like it's in any kind of perspective - artistic term for "horizon lines". 
3. why would anyone take a photo of a plane's tyre in mid flight ? Surely, it would be much easier to do on the ground ? Even if the damage was real and had been noticed mid-flight, why send up another plane to take a photo of it ? I can't see it myself.
I think this is a picture of the front landing gear, taken for whatever reason, that has since been subject to a little bit of imaginative paint-brushing. Probably done by the same person responsible for that famous "photo" of a Navy Seal climbing a ladder up to a helicopter above the sea, with a dirty great shark hanging from his leg  55555 !!
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Sory I did not have my camera handy when boarding the plane. I took this just before landing in Phnom Penh comming from Siem Reap. What do you suggest I do, ask them to replace the new tire or the old tire, so that both look equal. I confirm that this is an original photo, no pait-brushing. And if you don't believe, try flying President airlines, they are a bit cheaper than Siem Reap airlines (a daughter/sister company of BKK airlines).
As told before, this pic is taken out of my window seat. I am maybe crazy, but not crazy enough to hang underneath a plane.
And this is Cambodja, not Western Europe. As Denver told, some countries don't have the same flying standards.