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Wheel falls off United Airlines plane during takeoff
A wheel fell off of a United Airlines flight taking off from San Francisco, damaging several cars below. KTVU’s Amanda Quintana joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow with the latest details.
On Monday, a United Airlines flight from Sydney, Australia had to return two hours into their flight to San Francisco, the latest incident affecting Boeing planes in recent weeks.
On March 11, the Boeing 777-300 aircraft, carrying 183 passengers, departed from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to San Francisco International Airport, but returned to Sydney due to a maintenance issue, United confirmed to FOX Television Stations.
“The plane landed safely and passengers deplaned normally at the gate,” the airline said in a statement. “We are providing accommodation overnight for passengers and rebooking them to San Francisco tomorrow [Wednesday].”
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