DL flight passengers evacuated from plane at PHX
 

I didn't see the existing thread in a few weeks ago.

I heard DL flight passengers is evacuated from the plane due to overheated brakes.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/...port/71860620/

They were supposed to departed at 4:50pm to SLC and they came back to PHX.

Possible the previous flight into PHX had a used the brakes heavily and with
a short turn around time had not had a sufficient chance to cool off that with
the hot ground temperature resulted in the brakes seizing or locking up when
used just briefly taxiing to the runway for takeoff. Not a good outcome if the
brakes are needed (and they would) to abort a takeoff. Heat and Fire go together.
Also consider that the brakes are very very close to the rubber flammable tires not a condition to ignore !

Happened to me twice on an Airbus leaving DEN.

We flew at a low altitude to let the brakes cool down.

With the landing gear down? The higher up you are the cooler it is but it's probably not a good idea to fly at 35,000 feet with your landing gear down. Then again, why would it be a concern once you are airborne? Unless you are flying MSP-RST or some other super short route.

Yup.
Shortly after take-off and initial radar contact, the landing gear came out again.
The plane stayed at a low altitude (between 5-10K iirc) for a couple of minutes.
The landing gear was then retracted again, and the ascent continued.

Overheating in the wheel well and a chance of fire?

Yes, you are correct, it's very extremely dangerous. Because of overheating problem with the front wheel. They have keep in cooler. Don't let this happen again. Bring a hoses to spray the wheels. That way it will not have any problems.