A United Airlines Boeing jet lost a main landing gear wheel while taking off from Los Angeles on Monday.
The Boeing 757-200 was carrying 174 passengers and 7 crew when it took off from LAX.
The plane continued safely to Denver, where it landed without incident.the airline said.
No injuries were reported on the ground or aboard Flight 1001, United said in a statement.
“The wheel was recovered in Los Angeles and we are investigating what caused this incident,” the statement said.
A United Airlines Boeing jet lost a main landing gear wheel on Monday while taking off from Los Angeles (file photo)
The incident is strikingly similar to one that occurred in March when a United Boeing 777-200 lost a tire, this time after takeoff from San Francisco (pictured above).
The 256-pound wheel crushed cars where it landed after falling to the ground from the plane.
The incident is strikingly similar to one in March, when a United Boeing B777-200 lost a tire, this time after takeoff from San Francisco.
He landed in a car in the airport employee parking lot.
This comes just a day after the company announced it plans to plead guilty to fraud in connection with the approval of its 737 Max before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia.
The US aerospace giant has apparently calculated that admitting a wrongdoing is better than fighting the charge and enduring a lengthy public trial.
In a legal filing late Sunday — minutes before the midnight deadline — the Justice Department disclosed the settlement and said the fraud charge was “the most serious and readily provable offense” it could bring against Boeing.
Rescuers work at the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Max in March 2019
Among the protesters, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is seen testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington last month.
Prosecutors say Boeing will pay another $243.6 million fine, matching the fine it paid in 2021 for the same offense.
The Justice Department says a fraud conviction will hold Boeing accountable for “misrepresentations” it made to regulators who certified the 737 Max in 2017.
The accidents occurred less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019.
The company still faces investigations into the explosion of a panel on an Alaska Airlines Max jet in January, increased oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration and allegations from current and former employees about poor workmanship and retaliation against whistleblowers.
Boeing’s plea deal would bring the total to $487.2 million, which the Justice Department said is the statutory maximum for the fraud charge.
The agreement also requires the company to invest at least $455 million to improve security.
Clariss Moore, mother of Danielle, one of the victims of the Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in Ethiopia, holds her photo as she speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill last month.
The plea deal would not give the company immunity for other incidents, including a panel that blew up a Max passenger jet during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
He will be on court-supervised probation for three years, and the Justice Department will appoint an independent monitor to oversee Boeing’s compliance with the terms of the plea agreement.
Boeing’s board of directors is also expected to meet with the families of the victims.
Boeing’s business never fully recovered from the accidents.
Following renewed scrutiny following the Alaska Airlines incident, the company failed to book any new orders for the Max in April and May.
It has fallen further behind European rival Airbus in production and deliveries of new planes, meaning it is receiving less revenue.
All this comes as Boeing searches for a new CEO to replace David Calhoun, who says he will step down at the end of the year.
