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Old Mar 27, 2021 | 1:44 am
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Pure speculation:

They took off from SFO and developed a technical problem - let's say an issue with flap asymmetry. They leveled off at 15,000 and eventually went into a holding pattern while troubleshooting it. Once the situation was resolved, they simply continued to IAH.
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