American A320 at San Antonio on Sep 12th 2020, engine fire

Last Update: September 14, 2020 / 16:53:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 12, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2441

Departure
Charlotte, United States

Destination
San Antonio, United States

Aircraft Registration
N111US

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N111US performing flight AA-2441 from Charlotte,NC to San Antonio,TX (USA) with 75 people on board, was on approach to San Antonio's runway 13R when the crew declared Mayday reporting the failure of the left hand engine (CFM56) and requested to make a left turn and was cleared to continue the left hand turn. The crew shut the engine down, flew a left hand orbit and continued for a safe landing on runway 13R with emergency services on stand by. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail.

On Sep 14th 2020 the FAA reported the aircraft landed with a left engine fire.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in San Antonio about 37 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 12, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2441

Departure
Charlotte, United States

Destination
San Antonio, United States

Aircraft Registration
N111US

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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