Cars at San Francisco airport employee parking lot damaged by falling tire from United plane

A tire fell off a United Airlines flight after it took off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, initially bound for Japan. The diverted plane later landed safely at LAX.

"At approximately 11:35 a.m., United Flight 35 departing to Osaka lost a portion of landing gear tire during takeoff," a United representative said.
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[taytrong]

Not just the tire, the whole wheel assembly. Those car owners should get together for a lawsuit for the airline fckng up.

[deBASHmode]

Props to Sal at Cali Planes for catching the video on his live stream. Sure hope all these TV stations pay him to use it - this small but growing channel of his is his only job.

[IntegraDIY]

…and what if someone was injured or killed.. it’ll just be a “oops sorry to the deceased for their inconvenience”

[oompaloompa]

The tire is sitting in a parking lot, not the runway lol.

[dodgersnation]

First an engine now a tire! A bad day for United!

[smar]

Wow, the mechanic forget the tighten those lug nuts or what? Maintenance shortcuts by United?

[bobbycastaneda]

As Kenny Rogers sang “You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel”

[elerma]

At this point we are no longer safe flying. I’ve seen 4 post about planes having issues in the past week. I’m good thank you

[rockyroad-hqhz]

Just be advised LA:

Any emergency flight landing at LAX. Is usually the opposite from normal arrivals/departures. Meaning, landing to drop fuel are coming in over the Pacific Ocean. Especially with any mechanical failures that may drop or disassemblage debris over the Los Angeles basin.

[jackinbox]

They should check who's the last person that tied up that tired?Maybe they left at loose

[dantespeak]

Pilot: "I'm wheely growing tired of all these interruptions".

[legacyopp]

Hi . We're experiencing higher than normal call volume

[_rob_.]

@0:55 "just sitting there in the middle of the runway"...
How about ACCURATE reporting? Fact checking what you tell folks?

Parking...lot.
In...a parking lot.

[thethrillofpattaya]

United Airlines is proud to exceed their current DEI standards in employment. That landing assembly was inspected earlier in the day by the most diverse ground crew in aviation history!

[lovejetfuel]

Looks like the whole landing gear shifted, look at the front tire also

[jimw]

The left main gear bogie handled the landing at LAX without incident. Another great Boeing redundant design that allowed a heavy plane to land with 5 of its 6 wheels and tires on the left main gear.

[Crnx]

Imagine taking a break sitting in your car as an employee. Good god 😡

[KathrynRose-schultz-qsqw]

This could have been much worse! Who is responsible for all these parts falling off planes!
Why is this happening when there are mechanics that are trained to service these planes!

[TravisDoesKayakFishing]

It's almost like federal regulations and standards have been eased up on.

[PaulR]

The poor people whose cars were smashed - their insurance companies will probably say they dont insure for 'acts of god' which is how they will characterize something falling from the sky.