Wheel on American Airlines Boeing plane bursts into flames just ahead of takeoff
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An American Airlines Boeing 737 was forced to abort after one of its wheels began to smoke — and eventually exploded — just as the plane was about to take off from Tampa International Airport on Wednesday.