2024-07-09 18:53:19
United Airlines, the operator of the Boeing 757-200, said the plane lost a wheel after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport but was able to land safely in Denver, its destination.
“The wheel was found in Los Angeles and we are currently investigating the cause of this incident,” the airline said in a statement.
No casualties were reported on the ground or among the aircraft’s 174 passengers and seven crew members.
It was the second time in recent months that a Boeing plane operated by United Airlines lost a wheel after takeoff.
In March, a Boeing 777 flying to Japan suffered a tire blowout shortly after takeoff from San Francisco. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Boeing on Monday agreed to plead guilty to fraud in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in the two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX.
Boeing has been in the spotlight again this year for the safety of its 737 MAX aircraft, after a door pin fell out of one of its planes during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
A Boeing representative wrote in an email that the 757-200 aircraft that took off on Monday was first put into service back in 1994, that is thirty years ago. Production of the 757 was discontinued in 2004.
Monday’s incident is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
2024-07-09 18:53:19