A United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, which had taken off for Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka, was forced to divert to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after one of the wheels detached from the left main spar.
Flight UA35 took off from San Francisco (SFO) at 10:53 local time on March 7, 2024. Shortly after takeoff, one of the six main gear wheels broke loose and fell into a parking lot, damaging the cars from the ground
Goodnight everyone: https://t.co/ubuml7hCXe
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 8, 2024
Images captured the moment the 116-kilogram wheel detached from the main landing gear of the United Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
EXCLUSIVE: Here's the moment that United flight #UA35 lost a wheel during takeoff, captured by CaliPlanes (https://t.co/QPzmrN2j2T) ✈️ https://t.co/JSTzbHuGD2 pic.twitter.com/MdmybGWCqt
— RadarBox (@RadarBoxCom) March 7, 2024
No casualties were reported on the ground, only material damage.