A tire fell off a United Airlines flight taking off from San Francisco International Airport, bound for Japan. The diverted plane landed safely at LAX.
Tire falls off United flight after takeoff from San Francisco; diverted plane lands safely at LAXA tire fell off a United Airlines flight after it took off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, initially bound for Japan. The diverted plane later landed safely at LAX.
Before the jetliner landed without incident, United Airlines released a statement saying: "Once the flight lands in Los Angeles we will arrange a new aircraft to continue this trip for our customers."United said the flight had 235 passengers, 10 flight attendants and four pilots -- for a total 249 people onboard. Video from AIR7 HD showed the plane touching down on a runway at LAX as fire engines and other emergency vehicles were standing by. It was then towed away.
Officials say the runway was briefly closed to clear debris, but was soon reopened, with no further impact to airport operations anticipated.
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