A large object ripped through the sky with a trail blazing behind it after falling off a jet.
An aviation enthusiast filmed the Boeing 747 Dreamlifter as it made its way to the end of the runway and prepared for take-off.
The cargo plane raced along the tarmac before lifting into the air, only for a puff of smoke to appear at the back of the aircraft.
It streaks through the air before smashing down on the floor below.
The object was later identified as a wheel that had come detached from the main landing gear of the plane.
According to the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, the wheel was later found in a vineyard at the end of the Taranto Airport runway in Italy.
Despite being short of a wheel, the plane safely made it to Charleston Airport in the United States and landed with no problems.
In a statement to Simple Flying, on Tuesday Boeing said: “A Dreamlifter cargo flight operated by Atlas Air landed safely earlier today at Charleston International Airport, after losing a wheel assembly from its landing gear on takeoff from the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy this morning.
"We will support our operator’s investigation.”
Aviation enthusiasts are often on hand to capture the unusual and sometimes dramatic events that take place above airports.
Recently a pilot was filmed performing a remarkable side-ways landing as very strong winds buffeted the commercial jet nearing the runway.
In the footage a Ryanair passenger jet can be seen approaching the tarmac at Madeira Airport.
It comes over the sea and banks around to the right over the land, tilting its wings down as the pilot lines the plane up with the runway.
The strength of the wind is clear to see as the Ryanair jet shudders and rocks as it comes closer and closer to the ground.
When the plane is just a few dozen metres away from the ground the gust pushes its nose out to the left of the runway, leaving its wheels at a 45 degree angle from the strip.
Somehow the coolheaded pilot holds their nerve and shifts the plane round to the right, holding it just above the tarmac as the wheels are aligned with the floor.
The plane suddenly dips down and makes contact with the runway, a small puff of dust billowing up behind it.
The footage was captured by the plane enthusiasts at Madeira Aviation, who film approaches to a landing strip which is often disrupted by strong swirling winds that come off the Atlantic and are whipped up by the cliffs.
