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LA-to-Shanghai United Airlines flight turns back after pilot forgets passport (www.theguardian.com)
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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”.

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 10 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of a 24 hour round bus trip from the Netherlands to Paris in about 1989 when the person sitting next to me asked if you needed a passport to cross the border.

"Yes .. you need a passport .. for both borders, both ways."

"Oh. Uhm. I need to go and get it then."

30 minutes later we finally departed.

(This was before the Euro and open borders.)

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