A United flight to San Francisco International Airport had to suddenly slow its descent to avoid another plane last week, leading to the hospitalization of two passengers, the airline said Tuesday.

According to a preliminary statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, September 19, United Airlines Flight 2428 responded to an onboard warning that another aircraft was nearby “while passing through Oakland Air traffic control.” Route flew”. Central airspace.” The United flight then landed safely in SFO.

The FAA said there was “no loss of safe distance,” meaning the minimum distance between the two aircraft was maintained.

According to United officials, United Flight 2428 “was descending toward SFO on September 19 with his seatbelt fastened when he slowed his descent to accommodate another aircraft at a lower altitude.”

According to the airline’s statement, two passengers, “including one who was not in his seat at the time,” reported possible injuries and were taken to an area hospital after the flight landed safely.

“We are grateful to our crew for their efforts to ensure the safety of our employees and customers,” the statement concluded.

The FAA is investigating the incident.

Last week’s shortage is the latest Bay Area United flight to have problems this year, with some of the problems affecting flights to or from San Francisco.

Last month, a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Rome was diverted twice in two days. The first time, the flight was rerouted to Sacramento due to an unspecified mechanical issue and later returned to SFO. The second redirection took place with The flight landed in Alberta, Canada due to a medical issue on board the aircraft.

A United Airlines flight flew from Germany to San Francisco in April had to return to its origin in Frankfurt when the Boeing 777 had “a maintenance problem with one of the aircraft’s toilets.” according to airline officials.

German media outlet Bild reported that passengers reported that the contents of one of the plane’s toilets spilled into the main cabin during the flight. The scheduled 12-hour flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco was aborted after the incident caused the pilot to circle over the North Sea before returning to Frankfurt Airport.

A day before this incident, another international United flight from San Francisco to Paris had to be diverted to Denver due to an engine problem.

A week earlier, the fuselage panel of a United Airlines flight – a Boeing 737-800 – was was discovered missing after the plane landed at an airport in Medford, Oregon, after leaving San Francisco, officials said.

The spate of incidents on United flights dates back to March 4th. with several United aircraft faced issues that resulted in flights having to return to their departure point or make emergency landings, including a wheel comes loose a Boeing 777.

In response, United CEO Scott Kirby responded said the airline was reviewing a number of cases, which he described as “unrelated.” and add additional training for pilots.