A wheel that fell off a passenger plane during a flight from Edinburgh to Belfast “could have fallen on an urban area” if it had happened later in the journey, an accident investigation has found.

The Fort Atkinson Fire Department was called to the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport on Tuesday for a plane that went off of the runway into the grass.The call came in just before 5 p.m.Fire crews ...

OFFICIALS SAY A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF WHEN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REALIZED THE PLANE WAS NOT ON THE RUNWAY. YEAH, THAT PLANE WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO TAKE OFF ON A TAXIWAY.

IT WAS SET TO TAKE OFF AROUND 930, BUT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS CANCELED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE ONCE THEY REALIZED THE PLANE WAS ON THE TAXIWAY, NOT THE RUNWAY. THIS MORNING, WE’RE HEARING FROM ...