American B738 at New York on Jan 5th 2018, engine fire

Last Update: January 5, 2018 / 21:13:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2681

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N992AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N992AN performing flight AA-2681 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Cancun (Mexico) with 167 people on board, was in the initial climb out of JFK's runway 31L when tower advised he observed flames from the right hand engine (CFM56). The crew subsequently reported a fire indication for the left hand engine, declared emergency, stopped the climb at 3000 feet, queried whether the ILS for runway 31L was up, requested the ILS approach runway 31L and returned to JFK for a safe landing on runway 31L about 16 minutes after departure. After landing the crew confirmed a right hand engine failure and requested emergency services to check the right hand engine.

The FAA reported the aircraft returned to JFK due to an engine related issue.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2681

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N992AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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