Wheel falls off plane shortly after take-off on transatlantic flight

A airplane misplaced considered one of its wheels simply seconds after taking off from Italy en path to the US.

The Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter was departing Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in southern Italy for Charleston, South Carolina, when considered one of its wheels shockingly dropped.

Video footage reveals the cargo airplane accelerating on the tarmac. About 5 seconds after it lifts off the bottom, one of many 100kg wheels on its left aspect begins smoking and falls.

The wheel with a 4-foot diameter was later discovered at a winery outdoors of the boundaries of the airport, based on Easy Flying. The airplane landed safely at its vacation spot regardless of lacking a component.

Video footage captured the second that a wheel of a Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter cargo airplane dropped from the plane (Image: Twitter)

Boeing stated it ‘will assist our operator’s investigation’ into the incident.

‘A Dreamlifter cargo flight operated by Atlas Air landed safely earlier right now at Charleston Worldwide Airport, after dropping a wheel meeting from its touchdown gear on take-off from the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy this morning,’ Boeing informed Easy Flying on Tuesday.

The airplane was carrying a passenger Boeing 787 fuselage, the Italian media outlet Corriere della Sera reported.

Nationwide Company for Flight Security investigators trying into the incident will decide whether or not to launch a proper probe.

The Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter landed safely regardless of lacking a component (Image: Twitter)

The Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter has a 28-foot fuselage for transporting elements. Its first flight was in 2006 and it was put in service to hold items between Italy, the US and Japan. It was additionally used throughout the coronavirus pandemic to move medical provides.

It isn't the one incident of a wheel coming off an airplane.

In November 2011, individuals aboard a airplane from Exeter to Newcastle within the UK witnessed a wheel break off because the touchdown gear retracted. As soon as a stewardess checked the touchdown gear, the captain started making an emergency touchdown.

The pilot requested the 39 passengers to maneuver so the burden on the plane was evenly distributed, based on an Air Accidents Investigation Department report. The captain made the touchdown by first bringing down the left wheels, then decreasing the precise wheel that was left. The airplane veered to the left, and the pilot labored to carry it stead and utilized the emergency brakes to carry it to a cease.

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