The airline said there were no injuries and it was investigating the cause of the incident, after the flight landed safely at its destination in Denver
File image of a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 as it approaches a runway at Manchester airport. A wheel has fallen off a United Flight as it took from Los Angeles.File image of a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 as it approaches a runway at Manchester airport. A wheel has fallen off a United Flight as it took from Los Angeles.
jet lost a landing-gear wheel during take off from Los Angeles, but was able to land safely in Denver, its planned destination, with no injuries, the airline said. “The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we are investigating what caused this event,” United said in a statement on Monday. It was the second such incident for the airline this year.The aircraft involved in Monday’s incident was a nearly 30-year-old 757, according to FlightRadar24 data, which was carrying 174 passengers and 7 crew members. Boeing ended production of the 757 in 2004.The wheel landed on a car in an airport employee parking lot, breaking a car window, but no one was hurt.
the incident, saying the mid-flight blowout on rival Alaska airlines forced it to ground many of its Boeing planes, contributing to the losses.
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