She deserved the cheers.
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United Flight 246 from Vancouver to Chicago O’Hare had to make sudden turns to avoid colliding with what appeared to be a glider, according to online travel site The Points Guy.
“It was a fairly bumpy approach but nothing out of the ordinary until the right wing suddenly dropped out of nowhere and we made an extreme right turn,” Vancouver-based photographer Callum Snape told The Points Guy.
He said that the pilot let the passengers know that it was a split-second decision and she apologized for the maneuvers they had to make. She was answered with applause and cheers.
Snape recounted part of the journey on Twitter.
#UA246 Vancouver to Chicago, we just avoided a mid air collision on approach to O’Hare airport. Insanely scary moment!
— Callum Snape (@CalSnape) September 25, 2017
The unusual pattern of the flight can be seen on the map below.
The flight path of @united #246 as our talented pilot made evasive manoeuvres to avoid a collision with another plane on approach to Chicago pic.twitter.com/rqlE0JNrN2
— Callum Snape (@CalSnape) September 25, 2017
“United flight 246 from Vancouver to O’Hare landed safely and all passengers deplaned normally after the pilots deviated from the aircraft’s flight path because they spotted a glider,” a statement from United read, published in Global News.
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