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Originally Posted by
dkc192
Kinda surprised they diverted to LAX instead of back to SFO.
Yes me too -- and the other odd thing that came to mind is how did the pilots know they lost a wheel? Perhaps they have a wheel missing indicator -- can't imagine it was visual unless the tower was watching and alerted them?
ETA - YouTube has the video of it literally falling off the plane as it was climbing - this is unreal....
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