{"id":512,"date":"2026-02-01T10:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=512"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:46:18","slug":"british-airways-flight-loses-a-wheel-shortly-after-departing-on-a-london-bound-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=512","title":{"rendered":"British Airways flight loses a wheel shortly after departing on a London-bound journey."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/622709361_122192521910376602_7960182696521354615_n_cleanup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/622709361_122192521910376602_7960182696521354615_n_cleanup.png 576w, https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/622709361_122192521910376602_7960182696521354615_n_cleanup-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What began as a standard transatlantic departure quickly turned into a moment of concern after a mechanical issue occurred shortly after takeoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently released video captures a British Airways jet shedding a rear landing-gear wheel moments after lifting off from Las Vegas late Monday night, January 26. Despite the malfunction, the aircraft continued climbing and proceeded on its scheduled flight to London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plane, an Airbus A350-1000 operating as British Airways flight BA274, departed Harry Reid International Airport at approximately 9:10 p.m. local time. Footage shows an object detaching from beneath the aircraft seconds after takeoff and falling back toward the runway. Officials later confirmed the item was a wheel from the main landing gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wheel came down within airport grounds, and authorities reported no injuries or property damage as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the issue, the flight continued without further complications and landed safely at London Heathrow, arriving 27 minutes earlier than scheduled, according to flight-tracking records. British Airways released a statement reaffirming that passenger safety is its highest priority and confirmed it is fully cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airport officials also acknowledged the incident and emphasized that the aircraft completed its journey safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What began as a standard transatlantic departure quickly turned into a moment of concern after a mechanical issue occurred shortly after takeoff. Recently released video captures a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}