A United Airlines plane bound for Japan landed safely in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco.
Fire engines stood at Los Angeles International Airport but were not needed as the Boeing 777 made an uneventful landing.
Airport spokesman Dai Levine said the plane landed safely two-thirds of the way from the runway.
The flight was carrying 235 passengers and a crew of 14.
United Airlines said the plane, built in 2002, was designed to land safely with missing or damaged tires.
Boeing 777s have six tires on each of the two main landing gear.
A video of Flight 35 departing shows the plane losing one of six tires on the left-side main landing gear assembly seconds after takeoff.
Photo: AP
Tire debris landed in the parking lot of San Francisco International Airport.
No one was injured, but the car was severely damaged.
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into the accident.
