Video caught the terrifying moment that smoke was seen billowing from a Hawaiian Airlines plane as it prepared ... to take off from LAX around 8am and land at Kahului Airport.

The crew of a Hawaiian Airlines flight departing from LAX aborted ... The plane was scheduled to depart around 8 a.m. with a final destination set as the Kahului Airport, but an unstable nose ...

Footage of the incident showed smoke near the bottom of the plane as it braked ... The aircraft departed LAX at 11:48 a.m. local time and was en route to Kahului Airport, as of 5:50 p.m. ET.