An American Airlines aircraft had a harrowing close call with Hawaii’s Ko’olau Mountain Range on November 13th, when Flight 298, bound for Los Angeles, inadvertently veered off course shortly after takeoff from Honolulu International Airport. The flight, which took off just after midnight, failed to follow the designated flight path, coming alarmingly close to the mountain range, originally heading east where the mountains loom large.
Fortunately, quick thinking from the air…
