{"id":47194,"date":"2023-09-29T23:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=47194"},"modified":"2023-11-21T21:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:18:25","slug":"american-airlines-chicago-to-athens-emergency-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/29\/american-airlines-chicago-to-athens-emergency-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines 787 Chicago to Athens Makes Emergency Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHICAGO-<\/strong> A Fort Worth-based American Airlines (AA)<\/a> flight from Chicago (ORD)<\/a> to Athens (ATH) made an emergency landing at Philadelphia (PHL) as one of the flight attendants was injured as a galley cart tipped over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight was operated by Boeing 787 Dreamliner<\/a>. Further, the airline operates one daily flight between Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: File: American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (N805AN) at LAX (22935779625).jpg – Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

American Chicago to Athens Emergency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)<\/a> reported that an aircraft declared an emergency in Philadelphia, PA, due to a galley cart tipping over and injuring a flight attendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let us establish a flight timeline with the help of data from the FlightRadar24 (FR24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to FR24, the American Airlines flight AA160 took off from Chicago at around 8:25 PM UTC. After being airborne for almost one hour, the flight crew reported the incident. At that time flight was at around FL370, and they decided to divert to Philadelphia (PHL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight landed safely at around 10:00 PM UTC. The aircraft involved in the incident is an 8.5-year-old Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner registered as N804AN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the flight took off again around 12:30 AM UTC and landed safely in Athens at around 9:53 AM UTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Tom\u00e1s Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – N903NK Spirit Airlines 2016 Airbus A320-271N – cn 7011, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=58158083<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Similar Incident<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Florida-based ULCC Spirit Airlines (NK) <\/a>Airbus A320-operated flight from Orlando (MCO) to Bogota (BOG) made a precautionary landing at Fort Lauderdale (FLL) due to smoke inside the cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred on 3 August 2023; the smoke in the cabin injured around four cabin crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) categorizes the incident as a Minor. Now, let us establish the timeline using FlighRadar24 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spirit Airlines flight NK1921 took off from Orlando International Airport (ORD) at 3:00 PM UTC. It turned back after being airborne for almost one hour and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight was over the Caribbean Sea when smoke filled the cabin. The flight diverted to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and landed safely at around 5:36 PM UTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft involved in the incident is Airbus A320neo, registered as N917NK. Further, it is a 3.7-year-old aircraft; Airbus delivered it to Spirit in 2019. The aircraft has been grounded at FLL since this incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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