United Airways Boeing plane loses wheel after takeoff from Los Angeles
A Boeing 757-200 operated by United Airways skilled a wheel loss after departing from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on Monday. Regardless of the incident, the plane landed safely at its meant vacation spot in Denver.
In an announcement, United Airways stated, “The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we’re investigating what triggered this occasion.”
All 174 passengers and 7 crew members on board had been unhurt, and no accidents had been reported on the bottom.
This marks the second occasion in latest months the place a United Airways-operated Boeing plane misplaced a wheel following takeoff. In March, a Boeing 777 en path to Japan skilled a tire fall shortly after leaving San Francisco, necessitating an emergency touchdown.
Boeing additionally agreed on Monday to plead responsible to fraud in a settlement with the US Division of Justice regarding two 737 MAX crashes. The aerospace large has been beneath elevated scrutiny this yr, significantly after a fuselage door plug blew out on an Alaska Airways 737 MAX flight in January.
In accordance with a Boeing spokesperson, the 757-200 plane concerned in Monday’s incident was initially delivered in 1994, 30 years in the past. Manufacturing of the 757 mannequin ceased in 2004.
The US Federal aviation administration is at present investigating the incident.
In an announcement, United Airways stated, “The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we’re investigating what triggered this occasion.”
All 174 passengers and 7 crew members on board had been unhurt, and no accidents had been reported on the bottom.
This marks the second occasion in latest months the place a United Airways-operated Boeing plane misplaced a wheel following takeoff. In March, a Boeing 777 en path to Japan skilled a tire fall shortly after leaving San Francisco, necessitating an emergency touchdown.
Boeing additionally agreed on Monday to plead responsible to fraud in a settlement with the US Division of Justice regarding two 737 MAX crashes. The aerospace large has been beneath elevated scrutiny this yr, significantly after a fuselage door plug blew out on an Alaska Airways 737 MAX flight in January.
In accordance with a Boeing spokesperson, the 757-200 plane concerned in Monday’s incident was initially delivered in 1994, 30 years in the past. Manufacturing of the 757 mannequin ceased in 2004.
The US Federal aviation administration is at present investigating the incident.
