A United Airways flight departing from Los Angeles misplaced a tire throughout takeoff Monday, its second Boeing plane to have misplaced a tire in 4 months.
The Boeing 757-200 departed Los Angeles Worldwide Airport round 7:16 a.m. and continued to its vacation spot at Denver Worldwide Airport even after shedding the tire, in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration. The aircraft landed safely round 10:10 a.m. with no reported accidents on the plane or on the bottom, United Airways mentioned in a press release.
“The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we’re investigating what triggered this occasion,” United mentioned. The corporate didn’t say which tire on the plane was misplaced.
The aircraft had 174 passengers and 7 crew members on board, in accordance with United.
United and FAA mentioned they’d examine what triggered the tire to fall.
That is the second incident involving a tire falling from a United plane mid-air in 4 months.
In March, a Japan-bound United flight misplaced one in every of its important touchdown tires seconds after takeoff from San Francisco Worldwide Airport. The tire landed in an worker parking zone and broken a number of automobiles. The Boeing 777, which carried 235 passengers and 14 crew members, made an emergency touchdown at LAX and was towed away with no reported accidents.
United didn’t reply to an inquiry about whether or not the causes for the incidents had been probably the identical.
In January, a Boeing 757 operated by Delta Air Traces misplaced its nostril wheel whereas making ready for takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport in Atlanta. Delta mentioned a nostril gear tire and rim had come free after which rolled down a hill. Passengers needed to exit the aircraft, however nobody was injured.
Considerations surrounding the protection of Boeing planes has been circulating for years, significantly after two crashes of its 737 Max jets killed 346 folks in October 2018 and March 2019. Boeing agreed to plead responsible to a felony fraud cost over the lethal crashes Monday, avoiding a felony trial.
