Tire falls off United flight departing from San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A tire fell off a United Airlines flight departing from U.S. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Osaka, Japan on Thursday morning.

"United flight 35 lost one tire after takeoff from San Francisco," the company said in a statement, referring to the Boeing 777-200 flight, which was then diverted to Los Angles International Airport and landed safely.

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