United Passenger Accuses Airline of Covering Up Incident Where Pilots Could Have Been ‘Sucked Out of Plane’

A passenger on a United flight last year is suing the airline claiming that they were covering up a "near death" incident where two layers of the cockpit window shattered. Theodore Liaw

An airline passenger from California is suing United for allegedly covering up an incident last year that could have resulted in the loss of all lives aboard one of their flights.

According to a complaint (pdf), Flight 931 was traveling from Chicago to London when it made an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Canada, on Oct. 27 last year. The plane was traveling at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet before it started “a terrifyingly rapid descent” ending at the remote airport.