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A Boeing aircraft of United Airlines lost its tires in flight, and then diverted to forced landing shortly after takeoff

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On March 7, local time, a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Osaka, Japan lost its tire during the flight, and changed to Los Angeles for forced landing 25 minutes after takeoff. The incident led to the temporary closure of a runway at San Francisco International Airport, which was later reopened.


San Francisco International Airport said that the aircraft involved was Boeing 777-200. Airport officials said that the tire fell from the aircraft and landed on the ground parking lot used by airport employees, and many cars were damaged.


United Airlines said there were 249 people on board, including 235 passengers, 10 flight attendants and 4 pilots. No injuries have been reported.


Source CCTV news client

Editor Yang Rui

Second instance Xu Ran

Third instance Tian Minjia