Wild video shows wheel fall off passenger plane just after leaving Las Vegas

NY Post ^ | 01/29/2026 | Anthony Blair

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Wild video shows a wheel falling off a British Airways flight just after it took off from a Las Vegas airport.

Flight BA274 had just taken off from Harry Reid International Airport en route to the UK at around 8:45 p.m. Monday when sparks could be seen flying out of the right landing gear.

As the plane started to ascend, it retracted its landing gear — just for one of the wheels to fall off and onto the runway.

Despite the scare, the flight continued and “landed safely” at London Heathrow Airport nine hours later, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.

The wheel was later recovered from the airport’s airfield, airport officials told PEOPLE.

No one was injured, and it isn’t clear if passengers were even aware of the issue.

Every A350-1000 model features two main landing gear units, each with six wheels, making a total of 12 main wheels plus two in the front for the nose gear.

“Safety and security underpins everything we do, and we’re supporting the authorities with their investigation,” a British Airways spokesperson told The Post.

The FAA said the incident is under investigation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: a3501000; britishairways; faa; lasvegas

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[Jamestown1630]

How do you land with a missing wheel and the passengers not even realizing it? How many wheels do they have?

(I’ve never flown.)

[chaosagent]

14

6 + 6 + 2

[libertylover]

The FAA said the incident is under investigation.

I should hope so.

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks :-)

[Bob434]

you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel

[newfreep]

👍👍👍👍👍

Kenny, is that you?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The article said that each wing wheel truck has six tyres. Redundant design. Apparently five is plenty.

I worked with a guy who did four years in the Air Force. One night in Cambodia he serviced a brake assembly on a B-52 and left out a component. The brake locked. He was court-martialed. He and his supervisor lied, testifying that the supervisor was holding the flashlight while he was following the tech order. In fact, he was going from from memory and playing it by ear.

He was acquitted.

[oldplayer]

HaHa Bob434!

I have flown British Air several times and enjoyed the good flights. This one would be noteworthy though.

[T.B. Yoits]

Finders keepers?

[fwdude]

DEI makes you DIE.

Our postal service has not delivered mail for the past THREE DAYS, presumable because of the ice storm. That is definitely a DEI outcome.

[Jamestown1630]

I’m scared of flying. I’d probably get airsick (is that a thing?)

[Bratch]

[NorthMountain]

I’d probably get airsick (is that a thing?)

Motion sickness is definitely a thing, but people are not equally susceptible to it. The only way to be sure is to try it and find out. Commercial airliners very rarely ("almost never") experience enough turbulence to initiate airsickness.

[Ezekiel]

The wheel came off the [air]bus.

[Political Junkie Too]

The tire changer and the crew chief will be suspended for the next two flight.

-PJ

[ConservativeMind]

LOL! Very well done, sir.

[Jamestown1630]

I always got sick from long bus trips as a kid.

I’ll just stay on Terra Firma.

[Carl Vehse]

Jamestown1630: "How do you land with a missing wheel and the passengers not even realizing it? How many wheels do they have?

The NYPost states: "Every A350-1000 model features two main landing gear units, each with six wheels, making a total of 12 main wheels plus two in the front for the nose gear."

So the plane still had 93% of their wheels to land on.

[pricilla]

Winner...winner....winner....lol