American MD82 near Springfield on May 3rd 2018, "a couple of things going on"

Last Update: May 4, 2018 / 21:22:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 3, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-970

Departure
Kansas City, United States

Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Aircraft Registration
N7541A

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-82

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N7541A performing flight AA-970 from Kansas City,MO to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was enroute at FL330 about 50nm southwest of Springfield,MO (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Springfield. The crew advised they had "a couple of things going on", the autopilot and autothrust had disconnected, an interior fan had failed and smell of smoke and burning had occurred. The crew requested ILS runway 14 and landed safely on that runway about 20 minutes later. The crew checked with tower whether there was any smoke visible from the back of the aircraft, tower reported seeing no smoke. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 3, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-970

Departure
Kansas City, United States

Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Aircraft Registration
N7541A

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-82

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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