Breaking News: Alaska Airlines Plane Crash-Lands in Los Angeles with Wing Breakage

2023-08-22 15:40:41

On landing in Los Angeles, an Alaska Airlines plane literally crash-landed: a wing broke. According to an ex-pilot, the incident could have ended even worse.

The Alaska Airlines plane was on its way from Seattle to Santa Ana near Los Angeles in the US state of California. The plane was a Boeing 737-800.

According to the news portal “aviationsourcenews.com”, there is still no explanation for the incident. The impact on the ground was so strong that Landing gear punctured the wing should have.

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at Passengers were unharmed and were escorted off the plane by local police.

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The entire plane shook, a passenger told CBS News. The pilot gave no warning whatsoever, so the two friends Aminieni and Ahkil Arunkumar. It just said: “Hey guys, our landing gear broke down, we’re stuck here now”.

The landing be “not successful‘ aircraft pundit and former pilot Ross Aimer told the news channel. He imagines the weather may have played a role in the ‘hard’ landing.

But you have to give the pilot credit, says Aimer. A landing with strong winds, low visibility and one of the shortest commercial runways -“this is a recipe for disasterso you have to give the pilot a pat on the back”.

The incident is now being investigated by the National Transport Safety Authority.