An American Airlines flight nearly crashed into a mountain range in Hawaii but avoided disaster by quickly gaining altitude. Flight 298, en route to Los Angeles, had just departed from Honolulu at 12:30 a.

While flying over Hawaii, an American Airlines flight narrowly avoided colliding with a mountain peak in Honolulu. Flight AA298 avoided disaster on Wednesday at around 1 a.m. local time after departing from Honolulu International Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration says an air traffic controller’s instructions kept an American Airlines flight from hitting mountains near Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii.