Passengers heading to China aboard a recent United Airlines flight faced an unexpected travel headache after a pilot’s forgotten passport prompted their return to the United States.
Flight UA198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai was over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday afternoon when it made a U-turn and headed to San Francisco, tracking data showed.
United confirmed on Tuesday to AFP in an email that the plane, a Boeing 787 with 270 people onboard, made a stop in San Francisco “as the pilot did not have their passport onboard”.
His career may survive this. But his fellow pilots and crew will never
ever
ever
forget this.
They should hole punch the passport and hook it on his employee lanyard.
I think they hole punch passports to indicate that they’re expired
So you figured it out then.
Oh lol I guess /r/thatsthejoke
Doesn’t that count as destruction of US property?