A tire fell out from a United Airlines aircraft shortly after a takeoff from San Francisco on its way to Japan.
The commercial airliner confirmed that United flight 35, Boeing 777-200, lost one tire with 235 passengers, 10 flight attendants, 4 pilots onboard.
“The 777-200 has six tires on each of its two main landing gear struts,” a representative from the airliner said in a statement. “The aircraft is designed to land safely with missing or damaged tires.”
The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed the plane landed safely at LAX before 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
San Francisco airport officials located the missing tire on the airport property.
No one was injured in the incident.
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