Tire falls from small plane into Chicago neighborhood
January 22, 2021 GMT
Police examine parts from an airplane wheel after it fell from a flying aircraft near several homes in the Jefferson Park neighborhood Thursday Jan. 21, 2021 in Chicago. No injuries were reported on the ground or among those on the plane, which the Chicago Department of Aviation said sent up sparks on a runway as it landed Thursday evening without its left side landing gear. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Police examine parts from an airplane wheel after it fell from a flying aircraft near several homes in the Jefferson Park neighborhood Thursday Jan. 21, 2021 in Chicago. No injuries were reported on the ground or among those on the plane, which the Chicago Department of Aviation said sent up sparks on a runway as it landed Thursday evening without its left side landing gear. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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It s a bird! It s a plane! No, it s a plane s tire falling from the sky.
Residents of a Chicago residential neighborhood were shaken up recently after learning that a tire belonging to a small plane fell from the sky, according to the Associated Press. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had departed from Ironwood, Michigan on Thursday, and was flying over a neighborhood in Chicago when the tire fell off shortly before landing, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirms to PEOPLE.
Tire falls off small plane midair, lands in Chicago yard
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
CHICAGO (AP) A tire fell from a small plane near homes in a Chicago neighborhood before the plane landed safely at O’Hare International Airport.
No injuries were reported on the ground or among those on the plane, which sent up sparks on a runway as it landed Thursday evening without its left side landing gear, the Chicago Department of Aviation said.
Rose Bock said she heard a big boom in her Jefferson Park neighborhood about seven miles from the airport before the wheel was found in a neighbor’s yard.