Process hangs if request follows a redirection

[ozanmakes]

var XMLHttpRequest = require('xhr2');

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.addEventListener("load", function () {
  console.log(this.responseText);
});
req.open("GET", "http://news.ycombinator.com");
req.send();

This waits about 45 seconds after printing. Getting https://news.ycombinator.com works fine.