Passengers on a flight from Seattle to Orange County endured a scary landing amid the gusty winds and rain of Tropical Storm Hilary on Sunday night.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1288 experienced issues with the aircraft's landing gear while taxiing to its gate at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., on Sunday night.Alaska Airlines Flight 1288 experienced issues with the aircraft's landing gear while taxiing to its gate at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., on Sunday night.
Flight 1288 was traveling from Seattle to Santa Ana in Orange County, when it appears to have hit the ground, dragging its left wing down the short tarmac, according to aPassengers on board can be heard screaming during the minute-long video as the plane makes sharp contact with the ground. Meanwhile, bright white and orange streaks can be seen out of a left-hand passenger window.
"The aircraft was unable to taxi to the gate due to an issue with its landing gear," officials said in a statement, adding that the Boeing 737"parked on a taxiway, where it remains." The flight was carrying 106 passengers and six crew members, who were safely deplaned and transported by bus to the terminal. No one was injured.At the time of the landing the weather overhead was overcast and rainy, and the entire region was experiencing its first tropical storm in 84 years. According to the National Weather Service winds were gusting up to 30 mph.
Photographs taken by the Orange County Fire Authority, which responded to the emergency, show the off-kilter plane with the left engine resting on the runway.
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