Passenger ordeal on US flight

Video. Passenger ordeal on US flight

Passengers on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Honolulu have endured a frightening ordeal.

Passengers on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Honolulu have endured a frightening ordeal.

They can be seen adopting the "brace" position after part of the cowling covering one of the plane's engines fell off.

It happened 40 minutes before landing.