India, April 17 -- Passengers aboard a Florida flight feared the worst after their plane appeared to catch fire in air and lost one of its wheels during a hard landing. The scary moments were captured on camera by terrified flyers onboard a Frontier Airlines flight who claimed they thought "it was the end" when the wheel broke off, the New York Post reported.

The flight was about to land in Puerto Rico with 228 passengers on April 15 when it touched down and then quickly climbed back up. The first landing attempt led to a mechanical problem after which one of the wheels tore off the Airbus A321.

"We were landing and the landing was very bad, aggressive and at a high speed, this caused one of the tires on the front of the plane to break ...