The age of the aircraft is not as important as the maintenance of the aircraft.

@theaviationmonke5056

16 күн бұрын

Yes, but then it's not Boeing fault. It's in United's hands after it's been made.

@waitotong9590

16 күн бұрын

Agree!

@Taxiway_Alpha

16 күн бұрын

There is a point at which the aircraft must be phased out due to pressurization cycles, but you’re mostly right. That woman clearly wasn’t the smartest person on the planet, so I would really pay her much attention.

@RaoulStankovitch

16 күн бұрын

....and which D.E.I. Union Mechanic was responsible for 'tightening the retaining nut'.

@DaveP-uv1ml

16 күн бұрын

@@RaoulStankovitch, DEI do you mean Black people? Why don’t you just come right out and say it?

It's not a Boeing issue! It's a united maintenance issue.

@ekop1778

16 күн бұрын

RUSH RUSH HURRY HURRY PEOPLE DONT DO ANYTHING RIGHT THESE DAYS

@ajs11201

16 күн бұрын

@@ekop1778 Especially at United.

@clickbaitpolice1750

16 күн бұрын

United was paid by Airbus to do this

@dealwolfstriked272

16 күн бұрын

Diversity wins again!

@mackydog99

16 күн бұрын

As an aircraft mechanic for over 35yrs, all of these incidents over the past several months looks to be sabotage!

Although a wheel falling off an airliner is a bad thing,it’s not the manufacturers fault. It’s the airlines fault. They maintain the aircraft since it was delivered and a mechanic didn’t secure the wheel properly. Blaming Boeing for this is wrong.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

Why did you write this comment? Are you paid for writing comments?

@fw1421

15 күн бұрын

@@lordjim3109 I’m a retired airline mechanic with an FAA maintenance certificate. I spent 17 years working on BOEINGS planes. The 757,767,and 777. So I know what I’m talking about. This particular incident was NOT Boeings fault,it was a mechanics fault for not following the maintenance procedures properly.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

@@fw1421 Who says it was Boeing`s fault? It was United and it was a Boeing. They are just stating facts. Should they also refrain from mentioning the departure airport lest the people there feel blamed?

@Wez2024

15 күн бұрын

@@lordjim3109 They're only stating Boeing because of the ongoing issues with new Boeing aircraft, it's simply scaremongering.

@AlbertHess-xy7ky

15 күн бұрын

@@lordjim3109 He writes the truth for free.

The pattern isn’t second Boeing plane. It is second United plane.

@theaviationmonke5056

16 күн бұрын

Yes, that one bad week "Boeing" had was all United.

@maryhausler8900

16 күн бұрын

My husband is a retired A&P mechanic. It is not a Boeing problem or age of aircraft. It's a maintenance problem within the Airline.

@tomservo5007

16 күн бұрын

that's maintenance

@SydneyBristow0788

16 күн бұрын

Well they are more concerned with kicking a mother and baby off a flight, because she misgendered someone. They are not concerned about running a good company, they are just concerned with *looking* good on the surface

@meddyven

16 күн бұрын

The common denominator is United's maintenance. Scott Kirby hasn't taken this seriously. He needs to be taken to task. All this is on his watch. But what does he know. He's never out in the operation.

The very definition of "flying it until the wheels fall off" 😂

30+ years working on military and civilian aircraft and I have never witnessed this ever! Who ever the mechanics are, they are not following procedures and IA inspectors are failing big time

@dr.jillalicecooper2587

16 күн бұрын

DEI hire, they want to do the same with pilots😂

@nightflight1454

15 күн бұрын

Yeah I used to work in crash recovery on f-111 s in the airforce. I have never seen a wheel come off .

@C.Church

15 күн бұрын

​@@dr.jillalicecooper2587Just stop. That disgraces the names of everyone who ever suffered by "the right people" who failed upwards. That happened far more.

@AG-un7dz

15 күн бұрын

I have similar experience and I've seen wheels fall from military jets too. Heck a DOV C-5 lost a whole lower half of a nose strut on departure out of SUU once. Too early to start the Nuremberg tribunals, lets wait to see what the findings are. What's the history of this jet? Did it suffer from a hard landing recently? Was the tire changed recently? Etc. I've helped change a tire once when I worked for an airline and found that one of the nuts that hold the split rims together was sheared off the new tire. We caught it but at our airline wheel and tires were sent out for overhaul. And I've never heard of a tire change being an RII item. As far as the DEI claims I see on here. DEI is a thing but you have to remember that in these locations (JFK, SFO, LAX, EWR, ORD, DCA, IAD etc) nobody wants to work there due to the high cost of living. So they probably have a hard finding mechanics or a lot of young ones out of school. That's why I'm only doing this part time now and I know guys that left the airlines to work as forklift mechanics and other trades because it pays better and you aren't working the grave shift until you are 60 and can't hold down a weekend day off.

@nightflight1454

14 күн бұрын

@@AG-un7dz Shit happens doesn't it ? People need to understand something ,increased traffic means more aircraft are flying now than ever before .And the law of averages means more incidents will occur .In the old days before social media and the internet, people just didn't hear about them as much as they do now.Much of it is just sensationalism

"Get it together, man"😂😂😂

This has nothing to do with Boeing, it is clearly a United maintenance issue.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

Abosolutely nothing to do with Boeing. There was not a single Boeing within 20 miles when that happened.

The hairy guy at 1:15 looks like the future CEO at United Airlines.

@ekop1778

16 күн бұрын

GOTTA BE ONE OF MANSONS BROTHER IN LAWS I GUESS GET IT TOGETHER MAN HEY MAN GOT A JOINT MAN HEY MAN THIS AINT THE 60S MAN

@bhambhole

16 күн бұрын

I'd hire him.

@xandervk2371

16 күн бұрын

He makes the clip worth watching, anyway.

@Kyle-eh7dc

16 күн бұрын

He's a tradesman. He knows how it works

@815donalduck

16 күн бұрын

@@ekop1778 ☮ n 💜 MAN

Frank Zappa is spot on

@fixpacifica

16 күн бұрын

I thought that was Sammy Hagar from 20 years ago.

@SpartacusColo

16 күн бұрын

Nah, that's Dee Snider.

@falcon4548

16 күн бұрын

@@SpartacusColoit’s Frank

@jogmas12

16 күн бұрын

Status back, baby !

@TrueSeed-ft1jn

16 күн бұрын

its the guy from SOAD, Sergei Tanakian

It is not the second “Boeing“ aircraft to lose a tire. It is the second united aircraft to lose a tire. This is not Boeing’s fault. This is United’s maintenance failure. More distorted reporting.

@enigmo20

16 күн бұрын

Reporters are uniformed.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

They didn`t say it`s Boeing`s fault. You think they should keep it secret what aircraft was involved? They just stated the facts.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

@@enigmo20 Nothing they said was inaccurate. It WAS a United and it WAS a Boeing.

@VASAviation

15 күн бұрын

Media desinformation

@sendthis9480

15 күн бұрын

@@VASAviation I think you should give them a number to call.

Nice that you found Frank Zappa for an interview about this.

@TheMW2informer

16 күн бұрын

Who tf is that?

@evankeal

16 күн бұрын

Zappa was intelligent. Every loser the little cameras guys could find not so much.

Again????? What’s going on with United?

@effinut00bsux

16 күн бұрын

DEI

Hire Frank Zappa here to be your newsman

@falcon4548

16 күн бұрын

But don’t eat the yellow snow 😜

That dude saying, "Get it together, man" LOL!

@CaptRohmer

15 күн бұрын

My favorite character of 2024 so far!

You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel! 🎶

Wow, people are stupid.

@GageTucker-of2wd

6 күн бұрын

The ones that say it’s Boeing, yep they are

Hey, my video is right there

@sendthis9480

15 күн бұрын

@@VASAviation That’s because you have the best aviation comms channel there is!

@VASAviation

15 күн бұрын

@@sendthis9480 Thanks!!!!!

@TheCOZ

15 күн бұрын

Aay Victor!

It's a wheel assembly, not a "tire."

@ajs11201

16 күн бұрын

Whatever you call it, it was a United plane that it fell from, and United seems to be having more and more mechanical problems that aren't discovered until they are taking off or in flight.

@JSFGuy

16 күн бұрын

Yup, for everyone else it's a tire for those of us that know it's an assembled wheel, tire mounted balanced with seals and bearings inside. It's all documented and tracked.

@meatpopsicle1567

15 күн бұрын

@@JSFGuy I keep forgetting that 99.9% of the world has never worked in aviation.

@JSFGuy

15 күн бұрын

@@meatpopsicle1567 Right and that's fine It's just that the choice of words are like wait a second You know there's a wheel and a tire? Even the basics know that but yeah it's just typical generalizing from the news.

@meatpopsicle1567

15 күн бұрын

@@ajs11201 It won't be long now, at this rate, before we start seeing their aircraft coming out of depot level maintenance with the word "United" being misspelled as "Untied."

1:15 Time travelers do exist, the 70's want him to come back.

@GSMSfromFV

16 күн бұрын

And late 60s. He just flew in from Woodstock. The roons were great and Santana was mind blowing!

100% not a Boeing issue. United has some serious problems with their maintenance on the west coast.

:55 "second Boeing aircraft" it's like blaming auto manufacturers for wheels falling of their vehicles on a freeway.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

Blaming? They are just reporting facts. It WAS a Boeing. Should they also refrain from mentioning it was a wheel that fell off lest the wheel manufacturer`s fans get offended? Or should they not name the departure port of SF lest the people in SF feel offended?

Talk to the guy or girl who has changed the tire, the same for your car

It's not a Boeing problem, it's a United problem. Tires falling off are a maintenance issue, not a manufacturer issue.

the blue haired kids are doing a bang up job!

Why don't they interview airplane mechanics for this?

Wow man, what is your job at McDonalds? Your communication skills are remarkable!

United is more concerned about their hostess being properly pronouned than they are about safety.

This story is wheelie absurd. And props to whoever time-warped the guy from the 60s to give us his take on this. Hope he got back in time to catch the latest episode of Laugh In.

To the guy interviewed, airline mechanics make good money and get generous flight benefits. What is going on at United?

Dude, when THAT guy starts his interview about you with "get it together, man", you gotta get it together man.

Love the guy they picked to interview!

Somebody in the United maintenance department is gonna get fired for not tightening the bolts on those tires!

@SDuapveer11

16 күн бұрын

I doubt it, they can't fire their DEI employees.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

They will get a pay rise.

Settle down, everyone! That was the SPARE.

"I feel like it's very unsafe - like, especially a wheel, coming off a plane ... The plane couldda landed, and it couldda, like, ruptured." These are the citizens the USA is churning out today.

I know this is off the subject but that one guy's hair is legendary😅

The plane wasn't the only thing that wanted to fly that day

This isn't a Boeing or age of aircraft issues. This is a United maintenance issue.

@thestruggler3338

15 күн бұрын

Bit tyre went Boeing Boeing Boeing down runway

@GageTucker-of2wd

6 күн бұрын

@@thestruggler3338you mean Mc Mc Mc McDonnell Douglas

This was no accident it was a maintenance error. All United Airlines maintenance employees are not focused on the work that's the problem

@LadyLithias

16 күн бұрын

Wow, seriously? 100% of United Airline Maintenance Employees are space cadets and not paying attention? I mean, do you REALLY think that ALL of them are horrible at their jobs? I mean, the odds are really stacked against that. Unless of course it's the first interview question: "So tell me, just how bad is your ADD? Do you medicate for it? Or do you just get easily distracted 100% of the time? Oh, you prefer to use a steady supply of edibles? And what are your thoughts about safety? You've never thought about it? Cool man, you're hired" and then the next interview, "Tell me about your OCD? You follow every procedure down to the very last step? Then you double check everything? Well anything else you want us to know? You grew up in a family of Boeing Mechanics? You would sort all the supply bins? You've memorized the size, shape, weight, feel, and part numbers of every single part? Okay dude. WE'll give you a call if we're interested."

@ajs11201

16 күн бұрын

@@LadyLithias You make a valid point. Of course it's nowhere near 100% of United's employees that are poor performers. However, you do have to admit that it's usually United's planes in the news because they lost a wing or a wheel assembly or some other major problem. So clearly it's enough of United's employees that are bringing the company down.

@meddyven

16 күн бұрын

Many aircraft accidents, have been pinpointed due to maintenance handoffs. One shift ends with work not complete. So next shift takes over, but that can lead to errors. Maintenance should be required to finish critical repair work on the same shift. Plus, you have a great number of clowns constantly on their cell phones, which is a MAJOR distraction. I see it every day out on the ramp.

@ajs11201

16 күн бұрын

@@meddyven That may be so, but it does seem that this happens more with United and Southwest than it does with the other airlines.

@meddyven

16 күн бұрын

@@ajs11201 I won't disagree with you on that.

You know everyone’s wondering what Job the hippie works at!

@815donalduck

16 күн бұрын

Front bassist for Led Zeppelin 🎸 🕺

@Kr0nicDragon

16 күн бұрын

Retro record store and yes, the kind that smells like weed

This is not a Boeing problem, it’s United

Nobody knows why the wheel fell off until it is investigated. Be patient.

As a kid, I heard stories about hubcaps falling off planes and landing on Playa Del Rey.

@815donalduck

16 күн бұрын

Now you can pass on better stories to your kid 😂

That biker guy is correct. This is no longer just a coincidence. There is something wrong with the maintenance team.

…those aircraft maintenance experts they interviewed are so correct!

The CEO needs to be fired! That's probably exactly what he's trying to do so he can collect his CEO severance package!

@reikicowgirl9817

16 күн бұрын

The CEO has been too busy celebrating Pride month.

Pete ButtEdger is one hell of a Transportation secretary, PUSH THAT DEI!

Maintenance issue. Most general aviation platforms are twice as old as this. I’d like to see the logs on this one.

that wheel went boeing boeing boeing boeing

@hermosafieldsforever4782

16 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@caroludart9907

16 күн бұрын

Good one

@815donalduck

16 күн бұрын

You Win! 😂 🏆

@TheMW2informer

16 күн бұрын

If it was an airbus the manufacturer wouldn’t have been mentioned.

@patriotrepublic8534

16 күн бұрын

That was your brain

1 wheel coming off in 2024 is one thing. 2 wheels coming off 2 different planes in the same airline is another LOL

Something is fishy at UA's maintenance dept. The FBI should investigate for sabotage.

The wheels are falling off this life the same way

Before you get completely out of control, it was more than likely a bearing and wheel failure which was the responsibility of the vendor who inspects and rebuild the tire and wheel assembly. Hear main gland nut was in place and saftied. It’s a mechanical component and anything is prone to possible failure. But flaw was not picked up by vendor don’t blame the mechanics if you do not know what you are talking about.

I saw a worker who in the truck inside the runway smoke crack( it was a small pipe that you burn thing in it with a lighter. I don't think he smoke tabaco. I saw it about 2 years ago but it was at LAX.

This is absolutely the fault of a maintenance crew member (possibly a DEI hire). It has nothing to do with Boeing.

@dr.jillalicecooper2587

16 күн бұрын

DEI hire coming to cockpits soon, I mean stipyssup

@Jmjbs

16 күн бұрын

Bro wtf you talking about DEI for shut up

@Brad366-f3s

16 күн бұрын

racist clown

@Brad366-f3s

16 күн бұрын

@@dr.jillalicecooper2587 racist clown

Wheel, it's a wheel. Even the pilot got it wrong. And yes, it's a big deal. This is 100% a maintenance issue, not a manufacturing fault. And it speaks volumes about the QC in that department. Go United, not.

Is that the best interview you can get? Wow.

Dont worry, the FAA is tightening scrutiny on United. They'll get to the bottom of this! 🙄

@thestruggler3338

15 күн бұрын

Tighten like tyre nut ?

Pilots mind: where we are going, we dont need wheels!!!

"Get it together man" - Frank Zappa "I feel like it's like unsafe, a wheel coming off" - Valedictorian

Just take a look at WHO is maintaining our airlines !!

Union problem or a DEI problem.

@Brad366-f3s

16 күн бұрын

racist clown

Interviewing all lunatics for that extra "wow" factor eh.

United has been on a ROLL lately

United Airlines in my opinion is starting to become a little unsafe these days

Come on United.... Ur better than that.

@ajs11201

16 күн бұрын

Actually, no, they're not. They've positioned themselves to place profits above all else, including passenger safety. They're now trying to lure travelers to fly with them by providing better food and better in-flight entertainment; meanwhile, the wings and wheel assemblies are falling off of their planes.

@mayrbxplayz7954

16 күн бұрын

@@ajs11201nerd

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

I`m not sure about that.

@thestruggler3338

15 күн бұрын

United we fall… off

First at SFO, now LAX. I sense a pattern here....

The aircraft are designed to have some amount of redundancy. A wheel falling off doesn't place it at risk. The poor maintenance required to allow it to fall off? That's a risk, and I'm pretty sure Boeing isn't to blame for the wheel coming off a 30+year old plane - who installed that wheel, and is responsible forponsible ror its maintenance?

Not a Boeing Issue, a United Maint issue. Boeing got their money for the plane, and now United is trying to make as much money as it can from it, by keeping it in the air as much as possible, proper maintenance be damned.

1:05 They need to pay the guy in charge of tires falling off more money so this doesn't happen again man.

That’s got nothing to do with Boeing and everything to do with airline maintenance or lack thereof.

they forget to retorque

They told you they don't want you venturing farther than 15 miles from home, so there's that.

This is merely the result of two things. Cutting all costs in favor of Profit, including cutting back maintenance. Hiring Unqualified and Inexperienced people based on Skin Color and Sexual Preferences.

I will make sure I will not fly United Airlines

Goes to show you how far a college degree will take you.

"God is in control" yeah that must be what the mechanic said who checked that wheel.

Why is Boeing being brought into it though, that tyre would have been changed multiple times by United maintenance over the years.

@lordjim3109

15 күн бұрын

Yeah, sure, they should hide the type of aircraft lest the Boeing fans might feel offended.

@marksteele7876

15 күн бұрын

@@lordjim3109 the conspiracy theorist 😂😂, are you trying to say that it isn’t the fault of poor maintenance on behalf of the airline then 🤔🤔

1:05 --- I think that was the guy from the "Freedom Rock" commercials in 1988.

Does United need to pick up some torque wrenches?

Will FAA investigate United's incompetence?

🎼You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.🎶

Maintenance quality assurance is greatly lacking... there was none. The last person to work on the wheel....You are fired!

I don't think the plane lost the wheel, I think the wheel lost the plane.

It doesn’t matter how old the aircraft is, if the wheel wasn’t fitted correctly this is what can happen. If the aircraft is thirty years old I’ll put money on that undercarriage isn’t the same age. Periodic maintenance means the landing gear would be removed for overhaul at a certain age and be replaced in accordance with the aircraft maintenance schedule, the same as various other parts. In its life I’ll bet that aircraft is on its third set of landing gear. And as for the guy in the hat making a big thing about it, I’m sure who ever it was fitted the wheel and signed for it, is in deep deep trouble right now. If they fitted the wheel incorrectly (which must be the case, or it wouldn’t have fallen off) they could be charged with endangering and aircraft and life and get jailed. They’ve probably already been fired over this.

‘How much does that guy make?’ Not enough for sure, compared to the responsability he has every day

Yet the stock is green everyday…. Tell me it’s rigged without saying it’s rigged lol

I remember back before smoking pot was against the law! Airplanes didn't lose their wheel assemblies on takeoff

“Boeing” The sound the tire makes as it falls off your plane.

@GageTucker-of2wd

6 күн бұрын

you mean McDonnell Douglas

The reporter is speaking 1.75x faster than normal playback speed.

Did anyone check to make sure the reporter didn’t mistakenly go to the bus station?

Wow, it's almost like when you prioritize profits over quality and safety things fall apart? I guess that explains where our country is currently at.

A tire flew came off delta as they turned into a runway in the last few months as well.

Nice job United, you didn’t lose my luggage but you lost your tire!

Who is Boeing going to kill for this one?

@GageTucker-of2wd

6 күн бұрын

Your mom😂

Don’t play games with people’ lives. Issues would be resolved within the company.

None of those girls interviewed had a clue what they were talking about. Except the older lady at the end. She know’s what’s up.👍

"You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel ..." (sung to the tune of "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers). Also, it's almost certainly not a Boeing problem, but a United Airline maintenance problem, seeing as how this is the second UNITED jet to lose a tire. How are management-union relations at United?

Tire... and wheel!

I think the wheels came off in America a long time ago 😂