A San Francisco-bound flight that plunged toward the Pacific Ocean last December will be investigated by National Transportation Safety Board.
San Francisco-bound United Airlines 777 plunged after takeoff from Maui's Kahului Airport and came within 800 feet of the ocean.
The plane gained speed as it dropped 1,425 feet from 2,200 feet before regaining its climb out of Kahului on the island of Maui.Rod Williams II and his family were sitting near the back of the plane when the Boeing 777 made a terrifying plunge shortly after taking off from Kahului Airport in Hawaii. The plane then went into a "dramatic, nose-down" dive for about eight to 10 seconds before it climbed steeply again and resumed normal flight.
Williams said he and his wife were sitting on either side of their children and glanced at each other during the steep descent. "Someone from the cockpit got on the intercom and said, 'Alright, folks, you probably felt a couple G's on that one, but everything's gonna be OK. We're gonna be alright,' " Williams said.
Williams wasn't aware of how close the plane came to the water until Sunday night -- eight weeks after the flight -- when his father showed him the report on the incident.
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