PHOTO: losing wheels on take-off is in fashion this week...

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...and also seen further down...

http://avherald.com/h?article=438c2049&opt=0

Incident: Austrian F70 at Munich on Mar 3rd 2011, dropped wheel on takeoff

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Mar 3rd 2011 19:14Z, last updated Friday, Mar 4th 2011 08:36Z

An Austrian Airlines Fokker 70, registration OE-LFL performing flight OS-114 from Munich (Germany) to Vienna (Austria) with 56 passengers and 4 crew, dropped the outboard wheel from the right hand main gear during takeoff from Munich.


The crew decided to return to Munich for a low approach between both runways to have the tower inspect the landing gear,
after which the aircraft landed safely on runway 08R about 30 minutes after departure and stopped on taxiway B10.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

Passengers reported, that both runways in Munich were temporarily closed causing domestic flights (within Germany) already taxiing for departure to Munich to return to their gates.

The wheel was recovered from the runway where it dropped immediately after the gear became airborne.

OE-LFL on approach to Munich (Photo: mucspotter.de):

Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 G-JEDR suffered the same fate on the same day at Exeter, see
both
http://avherald.com/h?article=438c368d&opt=0
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-12642524