British Airways: BA flight bound for Heathrow Airport loses wheel moments after take-off from Las Vegas

Despite the incident the pilot decided to continue the journey across the Atlantic. The airbus A350-1000 completed it crossing and landed safely at Heathrow Airport, even thought the plane had lost one of its main landing gear wheels in Las Vegas.

According to FlightRadar24, the right, rear main landing gear wheel fell off and no one was injured on the ground in Las Vegas. British Airways flight BA274 taxied from gate E1 to runway 26R for a full length departure at 05:05 UTC (21:05 local time) in Las Vegas.

As the aircraft lifted off the runway about 40 seconds after beginning its departure roll, sparks can be seen coming from the right main landing gear. As the aircraft climbs away from the airport and retracts the landing gear, the right, rear wheel on the right main landing gear detaches from the aircraft and falls away.

The flight continued on to London for a safe, uneventful landing at Heathrow Airport after 9 hours, 17 minutes in the air.