A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot.

The Boeing 777 has six wheels on each of its main landing struts and is designed to land safely if some are missing or damaged, United said. The flight was diverted to Los Angeles where it landed ...

United Air Boeing 777 loses a wheel at takeoff, smashes car. By Jonathon Ramsey. ... Since a loaded Boeing 777-200ER can have a maximum landing weight of 470,000 pounds, ...

That’s what passengers aboard a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 experienced Thursday when their flight out of San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) lost a wheel during takeoff. The Boeing ...

Goodrich Corp. will provide lighter-weight wheels and brakes on Boeing Co. 777 aircraft, the company announced on Wednesday."The introduction of these new ...

The wheel can be seen hurtling towards the ground as the plane flies off without it. The Boeing 777-200 was headed to Osaka, Japan, on Thursday, March 7 but was forced to make an emergency landing ...

A wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 moments after takeoff Monday morning, ... Japan-bound Boeing 777-200 carrying 249 people lost a wheel just after taking off from San Francisco.

The impressive restructuring of 777 final assembly is separate from the setup of the adjacent $1 billion plant where Boeing will fabricate the 777X’s carbon-fiber wings, which give the new plane ...

The Boeing 777, 767 and the Airbus A330, ... And finally, look at the wheels- each of the main landing gears on a big Boeing 777 have three sets of wheels, while A330's and B767s only have two.

A whistleblower has come forward with allegations about the safety of at least 1,400 Boeing planes. He said production shortcuts have led to misaligned fuselages on Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 jets.