The Effects of a Tire Failure on the Flight Crew

It's not like they had a magic moment of fate where the low pressure paper floated up to their foot. The number two wheel stopped rotating for reasons not established. Friction between the wheel brake assembly and the runway generated sufficient heat to raise the temperature of tire remnants above that required by self-sustaining rubber fire. And the evidence indicates that the wheel will fire involved tires, hydraulic fluid, magnesium alloy and fuel.