American Airlines flight avoids crashing into Hawaii mountain range by making ‘expedited climb’

An American Airlines pilot had to perform an ‘expedited climb’ on Wednesday to avoid hitting a Hawaii mountain range - (Getty Images)

An American Airlines flight avoided colliding with a Hawaii mountain range, narrowly averting disaster.

Flight 298 took off from Honolulu International Airport just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday en route to Los Angeles. However, the pilots didn’t take the correct turn while taking off, the Federal Aviation Administration said. This put them on a path toward Hawaii’s Koʻolau mountain range, CNN reports.