American B752 near Halifax on Aug 1st 2018, smell of smoke in cabin

Last Update: August 8, 2018 / 20:02:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-89

Aircraft Registration
N198AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N198AA performing flight AA-89 from Shannon (Ireland) to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 166 passengers and 9 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 20nm northwest of Halifax,NS (Canada) when the crew reported the smell of smoke in the cabin and decided to divert to Halifax where the aircraft landed safely about 22 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found the forward equipment supply fan inoperative. The fan was replaced.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 reached Philadelphia with a delay of about 12 hours.

The occurrence aircraft positioned to New York JFK,NY (USA) the following day after about 23 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-89

Aircraft Registration
N198AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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