American B763 near Porto on May 18th 2019, engine oil leak

Last Update: May 19, 2019 / 22:18:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-206

Aircraft Registration
N391AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N391AA performing flight AA-206 (dep May 17th) from Miami,FL (USA) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), was enroute at FL310 about 300nm westnorthwest of Porto (Portugal) when the crew decided to divert to Porto. The aircraft drifted down and landed safely on Porto's runway 17 about 70 minutes later.

A passenger reported the captain reported an engine (CF6) was losing oil and was shut down.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-206

Aircraft Registration
N391AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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