Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff

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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff
theguardian.com

Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...

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On some Boeing aircraft, the nose wheel will actually come off when the autopilot system overcompensates during takeoff and crashes the plane straight into the ground. There were aome small news stories about it a few years back.

It’s even known that the nose itself can come off if the autopilot overcompensates while in flight and crashes the plane into the ground.

Are you sure? This makes it sound like every time the plane crashes into the ground because of autopilot overcompensation, its a good bet to assume the nose itself has already come off.