A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Japan made an emergency landing in Los Angeles after losing an undercarriage wheel shortly after takeoff from San Francisco. The tire fell in a nearby parking lot, causing damage to a number of vehicles, while no injuries were reported.
a Boeing 777 plane A United Airlines plane bound for Japan made an emergency landing at Los Angeles Airport. After losing the wheel of the cart Shortly after taking off from San Francisco International Airport at approximately 1:20 p.m. yesterday, Thursday 7 March.
The tire fell into a nearby parking lot Damage kit Vehiclesciting authorities citing nbc, While no injuries were reported. Some videos spread on social media showed the moment the Boeing plane's tire came off, as well as the cars that were crushed by the tire and the intervention of airport employees. the A flight United 35 He was headed to Osaka, IN JapanAnd it was converted to Los angeles, Where he landed safely. While the runway was closed briefly to allow debris to be removed. However, there were no other impacts on airport operations.
According to the airline, the Boeing 777 has six tires on each of its two main landing struts, and is designed to land even with missing or damaged tires. despite of It is very rare for a wheel to come off and fall off the plane. “It is very unusual for this to happen,” aviation expert Mike McCarron said in an interview with nbc – “Fortunately, no one was hurt.”
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When asked if he thought it was Boeing or United problemThe expert spoke about:United maintenance procedures: “If they indicate A problem StructuralThen Boeing will be involved in building the planes.”
The airline said the flight was carrying a total of 249 people: 235 customers, 10 flight attendants, and 4 pilots. Records show that Boeing delivered the plane to United 22 years ago: Now investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will examine the plane and the wheel itself to try to figure out how it crashed. United said so The agents boarded a new plane At Los Angeles Airport to continue their journey to Osaka.
“We are grateful to the pilots and flight attendants For their professionalism in dealing with this situation. We are also grateful to our teams on the ground who were waiting in Qatar to move the plane immediately after landing and to our teams at the airport who assisted customers upon their arrival. United said in a statement. “We will work with customers and owners of affected vehicles at SFO to ensure their needs are met.”
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