Transportation
United Airlines Jet Loses Wheel in Repeat of March Incident
- Flight from Los Angeles landed in Denver with no injuries
- FAA says it is investigating problem with landing gear
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United Airlines Holdings Inc. says another of its Boeing Co. aircraft lost a main landing gear wheel while taking off Monday, a near repeat of an incident in March that helped trigger a federal safety review of the carrier.
No one was injured on United Flight 1001, a United spokesman said in an email. The Boeing 757-200 that took off from Los Angeles about 7:16 a.m. local time and landed at Denver International Airport at 10:10 a.m.