The Federal Aviation Administration is currently investigating why an American Airlines flight from Hawaii did not follow an assigned route and was instead forced to perform an “expedited climb” to avoid the terrain in its path,

American Airlines flight AA298, which departed Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii in the early hours of the morning, received a request from air traffic control to accelerat

FAA: ‘Expedited climb after the crew did not make the assigned turn’ "An air traffic controller instructed American Airlines Flight 298 to perform an expedited climb after the