WHEEL FALLS OFF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF.Byline: Staff and Wire Services A Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. jet heading for Sacramento lost one of its rear tires upon takeoff Thursday and made an emergency landing at Ontario Airport. No one was hurt on the ground or aboard the Boeing 737-300. Southwest's Flight 253 left the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport at 1:55 p.m. with 127 passengers and five crew members aboard. The left rear outside tire fell off immediately, rolled and damaged a luggage carrier belt, said Southwest airline spokeswoman Carol Pearson. It was unclear when the pilots knew the tire was missing, but they were able to land safely at 3:20 p.m. at Ontario, Pearson said. One passenger was disoriented dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Adj. 1. while exiting the airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. and was checked by paramedics, Pearson said. Paramedics said the man, whose name was withheld, was given a clean bill of health a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection. See also: Clean . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Officials inspect a wheel that came off a jetliner on takeoff at the Burbank Airport, then crashed into a belt loader A program routine that copies a program into memory for execution. . Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer |
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