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A video has been circulating online of the moment a wheel fell of a British Airways plane while it was taking off.
The Airbus A350-1000 was departing Las Vegas and was heading to London Heathrow Airport as flight BA274.
After the aircraft lifted off and began to retract its wheels, one of the wheels on the main landing gear detached and fell from the plane.
Fortunately, aircraft are built with plenty of redundancy with each main landing gear having six wheels.
The wheel lost by the A350 in Las Vegas was the rear-most, outside wheel on the right main landing gear.
A pictures of the landing gear has also been circulating after the aircraft landed.
Fortunately, no one on the ground was hurt in the incident in Las Vegas and the plane was able to land safely at its destination in London.
The moment was captured on video by Flightradar24’s automated live stream at Las Vegas Airport.
The moment is difficult to see due to the incident happening at night, although you can see the wheel drop at the 02:54 mark in the video as the landing gear is retracted.
You can watch the moment here:
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