Improper maintenance work led to a terrifying Alaska Airlines landing in 2023, with an NTSB report revealing a fatigue crack in the landing gear as the cause.

First responders help passengers disembark the Alaska Airlines 737 after the rough landing at John Wayne Airport on Aug. 20, 2023. Orange County Fire Authority 5 ...

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800's left landing gear collapses during landing at John Wayne-Orange County Airport on August 20, 2023. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed ...

The plane's left landing gear collapsed on Aug. 20, 2023, as the Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle touched down at John Wayne-Orange County Airport.According to the pilot, it felt like a "firm ...

On August 20, 2023, the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 was landing at John Wayne-Orange County Airport in when the gear failed, sending sparks flying as the engine scraped the runway.

NTSB issued the final report for its investigation into a 2023 Alaska Airlines landing that landed with a collapsed left main landing gear at John Wayne-Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, California.

“Excessive grinding” during maintenance led to a metal pin to crack and eventually break causing the left landing gear to collapse on an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023, the National ...

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800's left landing gear collapses during landing at John Wayne-Orange County Airport on August 20, 2023. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board revealed ...

A fatigue fracture from improper maintenance caused an Alaska Airlines' landing gear failure during a 2023 flight, NTSB investigators revealed in a report.

Washington (CNN) — “Excessive grinding” during maintenance led to a metal pin cracking and eventually breaking causing the left landing gear to collapse on an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023, ...