Urumqi B738 at Zhengzhou on May 16th 2017, dropped wheel on landing

Last Update: May 18, 2017 / 21:29:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Urumqi Air

Flight number
UQ-2537

Departure
Urumqi, China

Destination
Zhengzhou, China

Aircraft Registration
B-1569

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Urumqi Air Boeing 737-800, registration B-1569 performing flight UQ-2537 from Urumqi to Zhengzhou (China), had landed in Zhengzhou and was about to vacate the landing runway when the outboard left main wheel separated from the aircraft. The aircraft continued taxi to the gate where ground staff spotted the wheel was missing.

The wheel was subsequently recovered from the taxiway off the runway.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 50 hours, then returned to Urumqi.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Urumqi Air

Flight number
UQ-2537

Departure
Urumqi, China

Destination
Zhengzhou, China

Aircraft Registration
B-1569

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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