Plane loses a tire shortly after takeoff in the US.

A United Airlines flight bound for Japan lost a piece of a tire on its landing gear and was subsequently diverted to Los Angeles International Airport (Photo: KABC).

United Airlines Flight 35 subsequently landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport at 1:30 p.m. on March 7 (1:30 a.m. on March 8 in Vietnam time), according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

According to San Francisco International Airport, the flight lost a piece of its landing gear tire shortly after takeoff at around 2:00 AM on March 8th (Vietnam time). A video on the YouTube channel Cali Planes shows the tire falling off a few seconds after takeoff.

Pieces of tire fell into the airport's employee parking lot. The airport said no one was injured in the incident and they briefly closed the runway to clear the tire debris.

Video from the scene shows that at least one car in the parking lot was damaged after the incident.

Cars were damaged in the airport parking lot after a United Airlines plane lost a tire during takeoff (Photo: ABC/Buffy Bartley).

"We are grateful to the pilots and flight attendants for their professional handling of this situation," United said. "We also thank the ground crews who had tow trucks on standby to move the aircraft immediately after it landed, as well as the airport staff who assisted customers upon their arrival."

United said it would work with the owners of the damaged vehicles at San Francisco International Airport "to ensure that their needs are addressed."

According to United, the detached tire was one of 12 tires on the Boeing 777-200's two main landing struts.

"The aircraft is designed to land safely in the event of a tire shortage or damage," United said.

The FAA said it would investigate the incident.

United said there were 235 passengers, 10 flight attendants, and 4 pilots on board at the time of the incident. The airline arranged for another aircraft to complete the trip.

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