Air Canada Boeing 777-300 lands in Heathrow with out the wheels after the tyres went off

The incident happened shortly after take-off on the Montreal to Heathrow flight yesterday.

But the pilot only realised after being told by airport workers in Britain after landing safely, without any difficulties.

Damage to the Boeing 770-300's suspension was also reported after landing at Heathrow.

The missing wheel was later found rooted in a fence just a few miles from Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal.

A Heathrow worker, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Sun: 'I've never seen anything like this in my life. There is no way the plane would have taken off in Canada without someone doing the final checks on it and they would have noticed if a wheel was missing.

'The proper checks could not have been carried out because these wheels are worth around £10,000 each and they don't simply just fall off.

'None of the passengers knew what had happened and neither did the pilot, he was in shock when he landed and was told about the wheel.

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