It was a terrifying moment on a flight bound for Orange County as passengers on board recorded the moment their plane's landing gear failed.
"We were going a bit faster than I would normally fly when we were going down," said 16-year-old passenger Abhi Amineni.
The landing and people screaming shocked Aminieni and his friend Ahkil Arunkumar. The pair said there was no announcement to brace themselves. "Unfortunately, this particular landing was not successful," said Captain Ross Aimer, a retired pilot and aviation expert. "Obviously not, they didn't know it was going to be this hard. Otherwise, they would have gone around," he said. "Perhaps they hit some wind shear just before touch down and the runway was wet," he said.
He also said with Orange County having a shorter runway and the conditions, LAX would have been his choice.
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