US Aircraft Loses Wheel After Take-Off, Flattens Car Parked Below
US Aircraft Incident
Damaged cars are seen in an on-airport employee parking lot after tire debris from a Boeing 777 landed on them at San Francisco International Airport, Thursday, March 7, 2024. A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
A United Airlines jet bound for Japan from San Francisco crushed cars on the road after a wheel fell from the plane after take-off. The wheel fell on the cars parked in the lot. The plane was immediately diverted after the accident.
The Osaka-bound Boeing 777-200 was later diverted to Los Angeles International Airport after the incident, where it landed with no injuries reported.
The video of the accident was captured on X by RadarBox, showing the tire falling on the ground and the footage of vehicles that appeared to have been damaged by the wheel.
Emergency Landing of Boeing 777 at Los Angeles Airport
After the accident, the Boeing 777 was forced to make an uneventful landing where it stopped about two-thirds of the way down a runway at Los Angeles International Airport. Airport spokesman Dae Levine said the plane landed safely and was towed away.
The flight was carrying 235 passengers and a crew of 14. The passengers will be moved to another plane for the trip. The airline said that the plane was designed to land safely with missing or damaged tyres.
Boeing 777s have six tyres on each of the two main landing gears. Video of Flight 35 departing shows the plane losing one of the six tyres on its left-side main landing gear assembly seconds after takeoff.
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