Tire Falls Off United Airlines Flight After Takeoff, Hits Vehicles in Parking Lot Below
United Flight 35 departed from San Francisco and was diverted to Los Angeles shortly after takeoff
A tire fell off a plane shortly after it left San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, damaging vehicles parked below.
United Airlines Flight 35 — which was headed to Osaka, Japan — diverted to Los Angeles shortly after takeoff when a tire fell off the Boeing 777-200 aircraft, a United Airlines spokesperson tells PEOPLE.
Footage from the fall, shared by NBC Bay Area, showed the moment the wheel dropped from the plane, ultimately landing on two vehicles in the airport’s employee parking lot. As images obtained by the outlet show, the wheel broke one vehicle’s rear windshield, damaged a Tesla, bent part of a fence and eventually landed in a nearby lot.
The flight left the airport at 11:35 a.m. before the incident, a spokesperson for the San Francisco International Airport told PEOPLE.
“There were no injuries,” public information officer Doug Yakel shared. “The runway was briefly closed to clear debris, but has since reopened. No further impact to airport operations.”