


A United Airlines Boeing plane lost a wheel while taking off from Los Angeles.
The detached wheel landed on an aircraft in an airport employee parking lot, smashing a car window. No casualties were reported, however, and the plane safely landed in Denver.
The aircraft was a Boeing 757-200 with 174 passengers on board, according to FlightRadar24 data reviewed by the Guardian. Production of the aircraft ceased in 2004.
“The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we are investigating what caused this event,” United said in a statement on Monday.
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The incident is the latest of several technical problems with Boeing aircraft that started in January when a door plug blew off an Alaskan Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 midflight. The company has since been plagued by technical problems and whistleblower complaints.
Boeing agreed to plead guilty to defrauding the government in a lawsuit over two crashes of the 737 Max plane in 2018 and 2019, according to a court filing released on Sunday.