The United Airlines Boeing aircraft turned around the flight and landed in Sydney, Australia on Monday. (Credit: New York Aviation/Local News X/TMX)
United flight The cinema scope quickly turned to the United States during the weekend when one of the pilots forgot his passport, according to the airline.
United Flight 198 was supposed to leave from Los Angeles And arrive at Shanghai, but Boeing 787-9 returned to San Francisco International Airport instead of replacing him with a “new crew”.
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In a statement shared with Fox Business, United Airlines wrote: “United Flight 198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai landed at San Francisco International Airport because the pilot did not have a passport on board.”
American passports on the American star and stripes flag. (East / East)
“We have agreed to take our customers to their destination that evening. They received vouchers for a meal and fee to customers,” the airline added.
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It is unclear that the value of a meal for a meal or fee offered to passengers at the moment while Fox Business is waiting for an airline’s response.
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Passenger @paramsinghkalra wrote in the X post that the diverting that can be avoided is “completely unacceptable”.
“Ua198 diverted to SFO because the pilot forgot the passport? He is now stuck for 6+ hours. Fully unacceptable,” Singh wrote. “[United]What compensation do you offer for this total wrong solution? “
The flight had 257 passengers on board and 13 crew members.
According to Flightware website, the flight headed to Lax at 13:54 PDT and landed at 17:52 Cst.
