One of the greatest documentaries I've ever seen was made after there was a lot of negative speculation about the landing gear breaks of the 777.
It was a documentary, not a suspense movie, but it was a great watch, as they landed the 777 at Boeing Field, if I remember correctly, and stopped the plane using ONLY the landing gear breaks (deliberately) -— no reverse thrust from the engines.
Of course, this destroyed the entire landing gear, but it was done on purpose to give the maximum exam to the breaks.
Once stopped, fireman stood there at the landing gear and were told not to foam them down until they actually caught fire. This was also a deliberate part of the test, to see how much heat actually developed in the landing gear in this process.
I remember then the tires finally igniting, and then they turned the foam on them and cooled the whole thing off. But it actually took several minutes before there was any flame.
I'd like to see that again — it's probably on line somewhere. The engineering of the 777 landing gear breaks was vindicated in the test.
Are you sure you didn't mean, "brakes"?