Two hours after taking off from Los Angeles for Shanghai, a flight to the United Airlines had to go back because one of the drivers had forgotten the passport at home. This was admitted by the airline to the CNN, after the Chinese version of Instagram on Red Note had multiplied the protests for the delay of about six hours with which the passengers finally managed to reach China.
The flight UA 198, a Boeing 787, had started from Lax around 2 pm last Saturday, with 257 passengers and 13 crew members on board and headed north-west on the Pacific Ocean. About two hours later, he made a wide turn and was redirected to San Francisco, where he landed around 17 local time. “The pilot did not have a passport with him,” United admitted, “we organized a new crew to bring our customers to destination that evening. Passengers were provided meal vouchers and compensation ».
The flight with the new crew took off around 9 pm and landed in Shanghai with about six hours late. Yang Shuhan, a Chinese passenger, told the CNN that he had heard the “very frustrated voice” of the pilot through the intercom, who said he had “forgotten the passport”.