[mjcl]

Someone has already stitched together the ATC/plane radio traffic[1], it sounds like the pilots on the plane initially had no idea. Oakland departure had to tell the pilots that people on the ground saw something falling off the plane.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeGo79nRMwU

[saalweachter]

So what I'm hearing here is, if I see a tire fall of a plane, I should, like, tell someone, who can eventually get word back to the pilot.