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United flight diverted to SFO because of potential security issue

All 148 passengers and eight crew members were uninjured on flight from L.A. to Vancouver

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A United Airlines flight was diverted to San Francisco because of a potential security issue on board Monday night and was scheduled to depart SFO at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Officials said United flight 1909 took off from LAX at around 7:30 p.m. and was headed for Vancouver, Canada, but turned around somewhere over Oregon.

It landed safely at SFO, and law enforcement officers were there to meet the plane when it did.

All 148 passengers and eight crew members were uninjured.

It was unclear what the potential security issue was that caused the diversion.

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