The FAA is investigating the incident, which occurred Wednesday.
An American Airlines flight had to “perform an expedited climb” in order to avoid a mountain during a routine departure out of Hawaii on Wednesday.Air traffic control can be heard telling the pilot "turn right and expedite your climb through terrain" on audio from the flight provided by LIVEATC.NET.
"Sounds like they didn’t do that, but it’s irrelevant because the standard instrument departure instructions mandate the turn away from high terrain right after takeoff," he added.According to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, "An air traffic controller instructed American Airlines Flight 298 to perform an expedited climb after the crew did not make the assigned turn while departing from Honolulu International Airport.
But clearing the terrain is a minimal expectation, according to Ganyard, who explained, "They never should have been that close in the first place."
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