Frontier Airlines passenger describes terrifying landing after plane’s wheel breaks off

A Frontier Airlines passenger recounted how one of the plane’s wheels broke off during a terrifying landing in Puerto Rico on Tuesday.

Melani Gonzalez Wharton wrote on Facebook that her family’s flight from Florida to Puerto Rico became a "horrific experience" as the plane tried to land at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.

"For a few minutes I thought it was the end of our story here on earth," Wharton wrote on Facebook.

Wharton described watching the ordeal unfold through her window on the flight.