Originally Posted by
dixi188
Not the first time a wheel has come off a 747.
Didn't BOAC lose one on TO in the early days and it landed in the staff car park damaging several cars including the captain's?
I vaguely remember this may have been a TWA B747. On another occasion at Heathrow, in late 80's I think, a Fedex DC10 on take-off lost a nosewheel , but fortunately the wheel remained within the airport with the only ground damage being a taxiway sign. Subsequent investigation discovered the wheel bearings on the nosewheel were from a B727 and not a DC10.