A plane travelling from San Jose to LAX airport battled thick black smoke and high winds from the deadly wildfires during a turbulent landing.
Passenger films plane battling wildfire smoke and high winds during turbulent LA landing 00:44.
Passenger Matt Gisela filmed footage of his flight and the scary encounter on Tuesday (7 January).
Mr Gisela said: “Before the flight, the pilot warned of high winds and turbulence.
Wildfires continue to rage across more than 27,000 acres in Southern California – with one of the fires now the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles.
