Story was short on details but if I was the pilot of Delta 982, I'd buy the other pilot that saw my tire "roll off the runway" a drink for letting me know.
Nose wheel comes off Delta Boeing 757 shortly before takeoff | CNN
Quote:
“Delta 982 this is the aircraft looking at you. One of your nose tires just came off, it just rolled off the runway behind you,” the pilot says.
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A recreation & recording below. Kudos to the pilots ... calm, cool, professional. I'd be bitching up a storm or laughing my head off.