Pilot narrowly avoids crash with glider on Vancouver-to-Chicago flight
VANCOUVER — A passenger aboard a flight from Vancouver to Chicago says there were some tense moments as the pilot swerved to avoid crashing into a smaller aircraft.
Callum Snape was flying on a United Airlines plane on Monday afternoon when he felt the right wing drop and the aircraft do a hard right turn before speeding up.
“I was definitely panicking because I knew whatever happened wasn’t meant to happen,” he said.
The Vancouver-based photographer was seated in an aisle near the back of the aircraft, where there were no windows. Without being able to see outside, he worried something had happened to the plane’s engine.