lomo
These things make it into the news because the passengers don't know the difference between landing and taxi in to the gate after the fllying has ended
But I think that most would say that there IS a difference if the wheels roll off the tarmac.
If such a thing happened, it would likely need some additional thrust to move them back onto the tar?
You appear to be saying that
if such an incident occurred it is trivial? To a simple pax, it would appear to be nothing of the sort.
However,
if this occurred, then many people would know about it. Folks in the tower for starters, ground crew for second and lastly, the maintenance technicians that fixed the a/c.
Therefore, there will be enough people to be able to confirm or deny this rumour, It may take some time but you can no longer keep this kind of event a secret. Time will tell.