--- title: "Tire Falls Off Boeing Passenger Jet During Takeoff" description: "A tire fell off a Boeing flight bound from San Francisco to Osaka, crashing into cars and causing it to make an emergency landing at LAX." date: "2024-03-08" modified: "2024-03-08" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/jet-tire-falls-off" categories: - "Boeing" - "Future Society" - "Space" tags: - "airplanes" - "boeing" - "the digest" - "united airlines" --- # Tire Falls Off Boeing Passenger Jet During Takeoff ![A tire fell off a Boeing flight bound from San Francisco to Osaka, crashing into cars and causing it to make an emergency landing at LAX.]() *\Image: Cali Planes\* ## Plane View It seems that 2024 is, apparently, the year the planes all freaked out. That's the impression we get, anyway, learning about yet another [part falling off a plane]() — this time on a [Boeing 777]() that was supposed to be headed from San Francisco to Japan that instead had to make a pit stop before even leaving California when its tire fell off. In statements [provided to]() *NBC* and [other news outlets](), United Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that during takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, the Osaka-bound plane lost one of its tires, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles. As the FAA indicated, there were nearly 250 people aboard the jet, 10 of whom were flight attendants and another four of whom were pilots. The moment was [immortalized by a livestreamer]() going by the moniker of Cali Planes. "We’re grateful to our pilots and flight attendants for their professionalism in managing this situation," United Airlines said in its statement to the press. "We’re also grateful to our teams on the ground who were waiting with a tug to move the aircraft soon after it landed and to our teams in the airport who assisted customers upon their arrival." The tire that fell to the ground ended up damaging a bunch of cars in the San Francisco airport's employee parking lot. As the Bay Area's [local *ABC* affiliate reports](), several cars were crushed by the jet's giant tire. https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1765870138656751814 ## Recent History Disturbingly, this incident occurred the same day that the National Transportation Safety Board [released a preliminary report]() about its investigation into *another* incident involving a United-owned Boeing — and just a day before a different United flight, which also involved a Boeing-made aircraft, made headlines when the plane [rolled onto the grass]() at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport and tilted onto its side when pilots were attempting to land it. The tire-less Boeing 777 also follows a string of other [bizarre airline incidents]() that have occurred in the first few months of this year, including the [door that blew off]() a Boeing 737 in the beginning of January, a man dying aboard an international flight after [bleeding out of his nose and mouth](), and [maggots raining down]() on passengers on a long flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. While there are, unfortunately, lots and lots of weird and dangerous things that happen during flights every year, these incidents and the several others like it that have occurred thus far into 2024 do make flying somehow even worse than usual. **More plane drama:** [*Passengers Alarmed to See Plane Wing Falling Apart in Mid-Air*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()