Two Passengers Injured as United Airlines Plane Maneuvered to Avoid Collision

United Airlines said that one of the injured passengers was not seated at the time of the incident.
Two Passengers Injured as United Airlines Plane Maneuvered to Avoid Collision
A United Airlines plane is seen at a gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 7, 2020. Daniel Slim/AFP
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Two passengers aboard a United Airlines flight were injured when their plane, bound for San Francisco, slowed its descent to avoid a midair collision on Sept. 19, the airline said on Tuesday.

United Flight 2428 from Newark, New Jersey, responded to an onboard alert at around 12.45 p.m. local time within Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center Airspace that “another aircraft was in the vicinity,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told The Epoch Times.