Tire starts falling off the left rear side of the airplane. There it goes. This is moments after takeoff. This is a boeing triple 7 that took off just after 11, 20 this morning. It was headed to japan at the time. Now weve learned the flight was diverted to lax where it landed safely at one 15 this afternoon at sfo. Officials are telling us that the runway where this plane took off from was briefly closed to clear the debris. It has now reopened. United airlines has now provided some new information about the flight with a saying that there were a total of 249 people on board 235 customers, 10 flight attendants and for pilots. Thats the breakdown. The plane does have 6 tires on each of its 2 main landing gear struts. So its designed to land safely, even if it is missing or has any damaged tires. So the United Airlines statement also reads this in part united flight. 35 last one tire after takeoff from sfo and landed safely at lax. We are ranging for a new aircraft to continue this trip
Israel-Hamas conflict: Due to the terrorist attack on Israel, several flights to Tel-Aviv were forced to make U-turn midway on Saturday. One of the flights started from San Fransisco and took 180 degree turn mid air to head back to California