Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - A United Airlines 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.
It was the second such incident for
the airline this year.
"The wheel has been recovered in
Los Angeles, and we are investigating what caused this event,” United said in a
statement.
The aircraft involved in the incident
on Monday, July 8, was a nearly 30-year-old Boeing 757-200, which was carrying
174 passengers and 7 crew members.
Boeing ended production of the 757 in
2004.
In March, a United Airlines Boeing
777-200 jet headed for Japan lost a tire mid-air after takeoff from San
Francisco, landing safely at Los Angeles International Airport. The wheel
landed on a car in an airport employee parking lot, breaking a car window, but
no one was hurt.
Monday’s incident was the latest in a
string of incidents involving United Airlines planes. One aircraft was forced
to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles international airport in March due
to an issue with its hydraulic system.
Elsewhere that month, another flight
was attempting to land in Houston when it rolled off the taxiway and into the
grass.
Also in March, a flight carrying 167
passengers made an emergency landing in Houston, after bright flames burst out
of the engine of the United Flight 1118, a Boeing 737-900 en route from Houston
to Fort Myers, Florida.
US flight issues were catapulted into
the headline in January, after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing
737 MAX 9 in mid-air, shortly after it took off from Portland Oregon, forcing
it to make an emergency landing. Several people were injured.
In April, United Airlines
blamed a $200m (£161m) hit to its earnings in the first three months of the
year on 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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