American B738 at New York on Jan 7th 2018, flaps problem
Last Update: January 8, 2018 / 23:50:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 7, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Flaps problem
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-106
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N914NN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A passenger reported the captain announced they had a flaps indication problem, would land on JFK's longest runway 31L at a higher than normal speed with emergency services on stand by. Instructions were run for a possible evacuation. The aircraft landed quite fast and braked heavily. After coming to a stop the captain announced three times that everybody should remain seated. About 1-2 minutes after coming to a stop with about 6000 feet of runway remaining the aircraft taxied off the runway.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 24 hours after the landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 7, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Flaps problem
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-106
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N914NN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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