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Gabe cohen has more. >> reporter: a 777 diving towards the ocean just after takeoff. >> it felt like a rollercoaster. >> reporter: rod williams was traveling home with his family. >> you start counting your blessings. you ask, is this the last time you will see your family? >> reporter: the flight takes off from maui, climbs 2,200 feet, and plunges 1,400 feet toward the ocean, falling for 21 seconds, reaching just 775 feet above sea level before abruptly leveling out and ascending once again. the plane, that can carry more than 300 passengers was mostly full according to williams. what did pil...

Incident in u.s. aviation. united triple 7 dive wiing towa the ocean. >> felt like a roller coaster republican. >> reporter: rod williams was traveling home with his family. >> you count your blessings, ask if this is the last time that you will see your family. >> reporter: and the flight take takes off, and then falls for 21 seconds reaching just 775 feet before sea level before abruptly leveling out and rapidly ascending once again. the plane which can carry more than 300 passengers was mostly full doaccording to williams. >> pilots simply said ladies and gentlemen, you probably felt a coup...

Modernized nato-compatible ukrainian army being laid. so, what we were watching there were 21 different tank crews getting trained. now, we know the germans have started training tank crews as well. the commander there said it's going to take about a month to get the crews ready. but president zelenskyy wants about 300 or 400 tanks. so the stinger in the tail of all of this the training is done and it's going to be a year or certainly the end of the year before he gets enough tank crews ready to use the tanks. that gets to the issue that general miley and lloyd austin are concerned about integ...

Coaster. >> reporter: rod williams was traveling home from vacation with his family. >> you start counting your blessings, start asking yourself is this the last time you'll see your family. >> reporter: the flight takings off from maui december 18th, climbs 2,200 feet, then suddenly plunges 1,400 feet toward the ocean, falling for 21 seconds, just 775 feet above sea level before abruptly leveling out and rapidly ascending once again. the plane, which can carry more than 300 passengers, was mostly full according to williams. what did the pilot tell the passengers? >> got on the intercom and sa...

>> eva pilgrim again tonight. thank you, eva. we are hearing for the first time tonight from passengers on that united flight that plunged toward the ocean, just 775 feet above the pacific. gio benitez covers aviation. >> reporter: tonight, we're hearing from two passengers who say they were on that flight from hawaii that narrowly escaped plunging into the pacific. >> i can remember looking out and i really thought i saw just a glimpse of the ocean, and i thought, what's going on? >> reporter: the united 777 taking off from maui in stormy weather back in december. but then, while over the o...