Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff
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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff
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Delta Air Lines jet was due to depart Atlanta international airport and none of the crew or passengers were hurt

Because Boeing were on such a good streak already…

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On some Boeing aircraft, the nose wheel will actually come off when the autopilot system overcompensates during takeoff and crashes the plane straight into the ground. There were aome small news stories about it a few years back.

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