Anxities, Drama As Passport Blunder Forces China-Bound Flight Back to US in Mid-Air 

Abiola Olawale
Writer

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By Abiola Olawale 

In a bizarre turn of events, a United Airlines flight bound for China was forced to make an abrupt U-turn back to the United States after the pilot realized mid-flight that they had forgotten their passport.

It was gathered that flight UA198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai was out over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday afternoon when it made a u-turn and headed to San Francisco.

The New Diplomat reports that international aviation regulations require all crew members to carry valid passports for cross-border travel.

The Airline in a terse statement on Tuesday confirmed the incident, stating that the plane landed safely back in the US, where a replacement pilot with proper documentation was arranged to resume the journey.

The statement reads in part: “We arranged for a new crew to take our customers to their destination that evening,” the company said, adding that “customers were provided with meal vouchers and compensation,” without specifying.

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