Alaska Airlines flight makes hard landing during California storms

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. (Orange County Fire Authority)

An Alaska Airlines flight made a hard landing amid Tropical Storm Hilary late Sunday, sending sparks flying into the night sky at John Wayne Airport in Southern California.

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 a video posted to social media.