Created Tuesday, Oct 11th 2022 19:49Z, last updated Tuesday, Oct 11th 2022 19:49Z
A Boeing Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter, registration N718BA performing flight
5Y-4231 from Taranto (Italy) to Charleston,SC (USA), was departing Taranto's runway 35 when shortly after becoming airborne smoke came from the main wheels and one of the main wheels dropped off the aircraft. The crew continued the departure and the flight across the Atlantic, and landed on Charleston's runway 15 about 11 hours after departure.
The wheel had broken through the airport perimeter fence and was recovered from a vineyard adjacent to the airport.
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