Cars at San Francisco airport employee parking lot damaged by falling tire from United plane

A tire fell off a United Airlines flight after it took off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, initially bound for Japan. The diverted plane later landed safely at LAX. "At approximately 11:35 a.m., United Flight 35 departing to Osaka lost a portion of landing gear tire during takeoff," a United representative said. [Ads /] The tire debris landed in one of SFO's employee parking lots. There were no injuries reported, but our sister station in San Francisco was over the scene, where police placed caution tape around cars that appeared to be hit by the tire. READ MORE: https://abc7.com/united-tire-plane-san-francisco-airport-lax/14500909/