UA has another wheely hard time

[Skåning]

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/wheel-falls-off-united-airlines-jet-during-takeoff-at-lax/

A United Airlines Boeing 757-200 lost a wheel during takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, the airline confirmed.

United Flight 1001, carrying 174 passengers and seven crewmembers, from LAX to Denver departed shortly after 7 a.m.

“The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we are investigating what caused this event,” said United spokesperson Anousha Rasta, adding that no injuries were reported on the aircraft or the ground.

 

[derg]

Weird. Someone made a joke about that on zoom chat over the weekend. Nostra-freakin'-damus!

 

[Ian_J]

This will turn into a pilot bulletin reminding pilots of their pre-flight duties.

I kid. I hope.

 

[Roger Roger]

Remember when Q400s were doing this every couple months? What was the deal with that?

 

[SurferLucas]

Remember when Q400s were doing this every couple months? What was the deal with that?

Every couple of months? We had a re-tread let go on a tire, but I don’t remember any other issues.

 

[Roger Roger]

Every couple of months? We had a re-tread let go on a tire, but I don’t remember any other issues.

I’m almost definitely exaggerating, but I seem to remember it happening a couple times. One of them definitely got caught on video. I think some were in Canada tho

 

[DE727UPS]

This happened on my 1999 Dodge Ram 1500. So, no reason it couldn't happen on a Boeing.

 

[SurferLucas]

I’m almost definitely exaggerating, but I seem to remember it happening a couple times. One of them definitely got caught on video. I think some were in Canada tho

I remember SAS had a few Q’s land with a MLG up, but they were spraying the planes with a pesticide that wasn’t approved and did some bad stuff in the wheel well…then they had one that a mechanic installed the wrong hyd pump in the nose gear.

The Q seemed to have a yearly issue that affected 1/4 to a 1/3 of the fleet:
- one year 13 got grounded in an afternoon for an emergency AD
- one year it was ice detect probes failing (poor design, we got an STC to use CRJ700 probes)
- one year it was high oil temps…became the CQ scenario, I had the first one out of LAS
- one year it was Flap Power Cautions, and zero flap landings (170-ish kts Vref)

At some point those penguins need to get off my iceberg

 

[bp]

This will turn into a pilot bulletin reminding pilots of their pre-flight duties.

I kid. I hope.

“please pick up your new pilot issued torque wrench in ops”

 

[///AMG]

How many bananas were missed on -8 preflights? I think therein might lie your answer. Even in the high faullutin Q400

 

[🦈💜]

This happened on my 1999 Dodge Ram 1500. So, no reason it couldn't happen on a Boeing.

Man, that's wheely unbearable.

Did you have to lug that thing far? Must be tire'd.

 

[bike21]

“please pick up your new pilot issued torque wrench in ops”

Amazon special or Harbor Freight of course.

 

[inigo88]

I saw a photo online of the axle nut and cotter pin still installed on the axle of the 777 at SFO, indicating it wasn’t an mx failure but was rather a fatigue crack failure of the aluminum wheel! (Can’t find the photo anymore or I’d share it.)

I wonder if this 757 wheel ends up being the same issue?

 

[killbilly]

“please pick up your new pilot issued torque wrench in ops”

DAMMIT

I had a similar joke ready but you beat me with a tire iron to it. Amirite?

 

[JordanD]

These puns are really starting to lose traction

 

[Autothrust Blue]

These puns are really starting to lose traction

It's a slippery road for punsters.

 

[BobDDuck]

It's a slippery road for punsters.

It is indeed. We have to tread lightly around potentially tragic events like this.

 

[derg]

So when it hit, did it go “BOEING BOEING BOEING” as it bounced down the runway?

< Jokes by Temu.

 

[knot4u]

Does anyone know if it was a MLG or NLG wheel that decided to stay in LA? Both would be an issue, but a MLG wheel set loose at VR might be a lot more terrifying, interesting or exciting depending on your point of reference.

 

[Stone Cold]

View: https://youtu.be/iPkPHR1KoF0?si=Tmb8x1HI1Q17r0eh


Apparently, it went right in front of one of the plane’s cockpits. Lovely.

Connie is salivating at another company paying for repairs and revenue lost from a major. #thanksDelta.