American Airlines plane mistakenly flew in another direction.

American Airlines was in a bad position, sending the Airbus A321 from Los Angeles to Hawaii without a certificate of flying over the ocean (ETOPS). how сообщает BoardingArea, on this route had to make a flight completely different board.

As the newspaper notes, the mistake was revealed during the flight, but half the way was already behind, and they decided not to return the plane. As a result, he safely sat down in Honolulu. The return flight was canceled and the airliner returned to Los Angeles without passengers.

The causes of confusion are not reported.