MIAMI- Fort Worth-based American Airlines (AA) Boeing 737 Operated flight from Miami (MIA) to Santo Domingo (SDQ) flight has declared an emergency and is diverting back to MIA.
The diversion’s reason is unknown at the time of writing this post. But American Airlines flight AA2171 declared an emergency midway through its scheduled route.
American Airlines Emergency
Now let us establish a flight timeline using FlightRadar24 data. American Airlines Flight AA2171 took off from Miami (MIA) at 2:02 PM UTC. After being airborne for almost 53 minutes, they made a U-turn towards MIA.
At around 3:24 PM, when the flight was just above the Bahamas, it declared an emergency.
By looking at this data, the flight earlier was making a precautionary landing due to some issues. Still, it declared an emergency, possibly due to the serious nature of the issue, which can impact the aircraft’s and its occupants’ safety.
At the time of writing, the flight is near the coast of MIA and is expected to land shortly. We do not know the exact reason for this diversion. But we know that the aircraft involved in the incident is a 23-year-old Boeing 737-800, registered as N929AN.
We will keep you posted and keep checking back for the latest updates.
1st Update: The flight Landed Safely in Miami (MIA) at 3:58 PM UTC.
Another AA Incident
On July 21, 2023, American Airlines (AA) Passengers onboard the flight from London (LHR) to Los Angeles (LAX) faced an unexpected ordeal as their aircraft was forced to divert back to Heathrow Airport shortly after takeoff.
The diversion occurred due to a technical problem that left all the airplane’s lavatories out of action.
The flight, operated by American Airlines as AA135, had already experienced a delay of over two hours as aircraft maintenance engineers worked to fix trouble with the waste disposal system. Unfortunately, the issue resurfaced once the Boeing 777-300 took off en route to California.
While flying over the west coast of Ireland, the pilots were compelled to execute a 180-degree turn and head back to London Heathrow due to the lavatories’ malfunction.
The nine-year-old aircraft, with a maximum capacity of 304 passengers in the configuration used by American Airlines, landed back in London less than two hours after departure.
Regrettably, the problem persisted, necessitating passengers to spend the night in London before the aircraft could be repaired and returned to service the following afternoon.
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