DELHI- Today (July 20, 2024), an American Airlines (AA) flight from Delhi (DEL) to New York (JFK) diverted to London Heathrow (LHR) due to technical issues.
The flight operated by Boeing 777-300ER registered as N719AN made an unscheduled stop in London.
AA293 Diversion to London: 2nd in 5 days
This incident is exactly the same as what occurred on July 15, 2024. The aircraft flying over the North Sea faced some technical issues and they diverted to LHR.
The Fort-Worth-based carrier arranged an alternative aircraft 777-300ER, registered as N729AN after nearly 7 hours from landing at LHR. The aircraft is airborne at the time of publication and is expected to land at JFK at 6:00 PM UTC.
The aircraft registered as N719AN which made an emergency landing is now scheduled to operate LHR-JFK as AA101.
American Airlines Delhi to New York
On July 15, 2024, an American Airlines (AA) flight from Delhi International Airport (DEL) to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York (JFK) is diverted to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) following a medical emergency onboard.
Flight AA293 reported the Squawking 7700 and was diverting to London at the time of writing the post. Further, it is the most tracked flight on FlightRadar24.
According to Flight Radar 24 data, American Airlines flight AA293 took off from Delhi at 7:02 PM UTC. After being airborne for around nine hours, the flight crew declared an emergency.
At that time, AA293 was flying over the North Sea and decided to divert to London for better handling of the medical issue onboard.
The flight operated by an 11.2-year-old Boeing 777-300ER, registered as N723AN landed safely in London at around 5:27 AM UTC.
American Airlines is yet to issue a statement regarding this unexpected diversion.
More details regarding the exact medical issue are not known yet. However, we will keep you posted once we have more information about the incident, so stay tuned and keep checking back for updates.
Fort Worth-based carrier operates daily flights between New York JFK and Delhi using Boeing 777 fleet. However, the airline is planning to deploy Boeing 787 on long-haul routes operated from JFK. So AA will operate 787-9 on the JFK-DEL route from October 2024 onwards.
In a separate incident on AA293 in Jan 2024, the flight faced a biohazard situation as lavatories on board began overflowing with sewage, causing it to spill into the cabin.
Despite this, AA continued the 17-hour journey for more than 10 hours with four lavatories flooded with sewage.
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