About two hours later, the plane turned around and ... that she heard the pilot’s “very frustrated voice” over the intercom, saying he “forgot (his) passport.” After landing in San ...

A United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai was forced to turn around midair Saturday after a pilot realized he had forgotten his passport, delaying passengers by several hours.

Two hours later, the plane turned around and headed for San Francisco, where it landed around 5 p.m., according to the website FlightAware. “The pilot did not have their passport onboard ...