A Boeing passenger jet’s nose wheel fell off just before takeoff

The nose wheel of a Boeing 757 jet fell off and rolled away while the plane was waiting on the runway for take-off clearance, with almost 200 people on board. Delta Air Lines flight DAL982 was moments away from taking off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday when the wheel “came off and rolled down the hill,” according to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration published Monday.

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