A tire falls off a plane – level 3

A tire falls off a plane

14-03-2024 07:00

Scary footage captured the moment a plane lost a tire during takeoff on its way to Japan.

The incident forced a United Airlines flight bound for Osaka to divert to Los Angeles International Airport. The falling tire damaged cars in the San Francisco airport parking lot. Fortunately, the Boeing 777-200 landed safely at LAX with no injuries reported among the 235 passengers and crew onboard. United Airlines arranged a new aircraft for the continuation of the journey.

This incident adds to a series of mid-air problems involving Boeing planes operated by United Airlines, raising concerns about aviation safety.

Difficult words: mid-air (above the ground), aviation (the flying or operating of aircraft).

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What recent incident involving United Airlines has raised concerns about aviation safety and what measures are being taken to address them?

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