Ajuy@lemmy.world to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA Boeing 737 operated by Iran’s Sepehran Airlines was flying from Mashhad to Kermanshah when, shortly after leaving the runway, a tire came off one of its landing gear wheels.cdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1videoA Boeing 737 operated by Iran’s Sepehran Airlines was flying from Mashhad to Kermanshah when, shortly after leaving the runway, a tire came off one of its landing gear wheels.cdn.imgchest.comAjuy@lemmy.world to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squarepolydactyl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoDon’t fully understand, if shortly after leaving the runway then they would be in the air and this wouldn’t have been the result of losing a wheel. Shortly before leaving the runway? Or was this a realization upon landing? Either way terrifying
minus-squarejode@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThose wheels are spinning incredibly fast at that point and when one suddenly goes out of balance this is what you get.
minus-squarepolydactyl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoDamn, those tiny wheels have that much momentum? Or it’s that it really messes with aerodynamics? I have airplane questions, airplane sage
minus-squarejode@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoOh yeah big time. Those little wheels are actually pretty big and weigh several hundred pounds. Here’s a pic for scale
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoHere’s a banana for scale
Don’t fully understand, if shortly after leaving the runway then they would be in the air and this wouldn’t have been the result of losing a wheel. Shortly before leaving the runway? Or was this a realization upon landing? Either way terrifying
Those wheels are spinning incredibly fast at that point and when one suddenly goes out of balance this is what you get.
Damn, those tiny wheels have that much momentum? Or it’s that it really messes with aerodynamics? I have airplane questions, airplane sage
Oh yeah big time. Those little wheels are actually pretty big and weigh several hundred pounds. Here’s a pic for scale
Here’s a banana for scale