‘We have a problem’: Boeing 757 passenger jet loses wheel during take-off
The nose wheel of a Boeing 757 passenger jet operated by Delta Air Lines popped off and rolled away as the plane was lining up for takeoff over the weekend from Atlanta’s international airport, according to the airline and regulators.
An FAA notice filed on Monday said the aircraft was lining up and waiting for takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport when the “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill.”
Nobody was hurt in Saturday’s incident, which is under investigation. The Boeing 757 stopped production in 2004, making it an older model, unlike the recent mid-air blowout of a fuselage panel in an eight-week-old Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet.
