Boeing 757 loses wheel on takeoff, months after similar incident

A Boeing 757-200 aircraft lost a wheel during takeoff of a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles.

None of the 74 passengers and seven crew members on the Denver-bound flight reported injuries, the airline told HuffPost.

“United Flight 1001 landed safely in Denver after losing a wheel during takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport. The wheel was recovered in Los Angeles and we are currently investigating what caused this incident,” the airline said.

A Boeing spokesperson told HuffPost that the plane was delivered three decades ago, in 1994. The spokesperson added that Boeing stopped producing the 757 aircraft in 2004.

The incident is similar to one in March when a Boeing 777-200 carrying 235 passengers and 14 crew members lost a tire on a flight from San Francisco to Osaka, Japan. Although no one on board was injured, the plane’s tire damaged a parked car.

The airline also made headlines Sunday night for accepting a settlement in a case involving charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States over two fatal crashes of its 737 Max aircraft in 2018 and 2019 that killed a total of 346 people.