The wheel apparently landed in a parking lot and damaged a bunch of cars. But the plane made an emergency landing at LAX.
A planespotter was caputuring video at the time and it's visible right at 45 seconds in.
A United Airlines flight headed to Japan lost a portion of a tire during takeoff, San Francisco International Airport spokespersons said Thursday.
At approximately 11:35 a.m., a piece of a landing gear tire fell off United Flight 35 which was departing to Osaka, spokespersons said. The tire debris landed in an on-airport employee parking lot during takeoff.
A planespotter was caputuring video at the time and it's visible right at 45 seconds in.