American MD83 at Palm Springs on Apr 21st 2012, engine problem

Last Update: April 22, 2012 / 15:45:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2012

Flight number
AA-1280

Aircraft Registration
N974TW

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N974TW performing flight AA-1280 from Palm Springs,CA to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was climbing out of Palm Springs when the crew levelled off at FL190 reporting an overheating engine and decided to divert to Los Angeles,CA for a safe landing on runway 25L about 30 minutes after departure.

A replacement MD-82 reached Chicago with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2012

Flight number
AA-1280

Aircraft Registration
N974TW

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

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