American B752 over Pacific on Jun 21st 2018, EGT problem

Last Update: June 22, 2018 / 15:40:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 21, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-692

Aircraft Registration
N201UU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N201UU performing flight AA-692 from Phoenix,AZ to Honolulu,HI (USA) with 185 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL350 over the Pacific Ocean about 140nm west of San Diego,CA (USA) about to enter the Pacific Crossing when the crew decided to turn around and return to Phoenix reporting an EGT (engine type RB211) issue. The aircraft initially maintained FL350, then drifted down to 17,000 feet, entered a hold at 10,000 feet to burn off fuel and landed safely back in Phoenix about 4 hours after departure.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration N206UW reached Honolulu with a delay of 12 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Phoenix about 17 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 21, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-692

Aircraft Registration
N201UU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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