American B763 over Atlantic on Feb 16th 2018, multiple system failures

Last Update: February 17, 2018 / 19:40:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-206

Departure
Miami, United States

Destination
Milan Malpensa, Italy

Aircraft Registration
N397AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N397AN performing flight AA-206 from Miami,FL (USA) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), was enroute at FL330 about 450nm northnorthwest of Lajes Azores Islands (Portugal) when the crew declared emergency reporting multiple system failures and decided to divert to Lajes. The aircraft turned onto a southerly heading maintaining FL330, on approach to Lajes the crew advised they would need the full length of the runway for rollout and would stop on the runway. The aircraft landed on Lajes' runway 15 about 70 minutes after the decision to divert and stopped on the runway for an inspection by emergency services. The crew informed emergency services they didn't expect any real issues just wanted the emergency services to have a look. The crew continued, everything looked normal from the inside, they were ready to proceed to the apron. Emergency vehicles advised following their inspection around the entire aircraft, that they did not notice any leaks or other anomalies, the aircraft taxied to the apron. The crew requested busses to meet the aircraft at the apron, "the aircraft won't be going anywhere." Arriving at the apron the crew requested the wheels to be chocked, the brakes would not hold, the engines were still running, the ground staff should approach the nose gear.

A passenger reported he didn't notice anything unusual (no unusual noise, no unuusal odour, no vibrations, ...) until the cabin lights were turned on and the passengers were woken up. The captain announced they were diverting to the Azores Islands due to mechanical trouble. Landing was pretty normal, it appeared reverse thrust was being used. After landing emergency vehicles checked the aircraft. About one hour after landing the passengers disembarked. During the day some other passengers claimed there had been an engine failure with the danger of a fire.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N349AN positioned to Lajes landing in Lajes about 12 hours after N397AN touched down. The replacement aircraft continued the flight and reached Milan with a delay of 18 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Lajes for about 32 hours, then departed Lajes to position to New York JFK,NY (USA).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-206

Departure
Miami, United States

Destination
Milan Malpensa, Italy

Aircraft Registration
N397AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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