A United Airlines passenger and his family were headed to San Francisco after a Hawaiian vacation on Dec. 18 when their plane nearly crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
“We’re all 5 to 5.2 seconds away from not being around our loved ones,” said Williams.
In a statement, United said, “After landing at SFO, the pilots filed a safety report. Then coordinated with the FAA and ALPA on an investigation that ultimately resulted in the pilots receiving additional training.
This is just one of a series of close calls involving passenger planes in the past months. The NTSB is looking for similarities. While United Airlines did not say what the issue was, they did say there was nothing wrong with the plane. In fact the flight landed safely at SFO 27 minutes early and departed for Chicago on its next flight about two and a half hours later.
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