PSA CRJ7 near Albany on Jan 1st 2021, wing anti ice issues

Last Update: January 2, 2021 / 12:19:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 1, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
PSA Airlines

Flight number
AA-5088

Departure
Burlington, United States

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N716PS

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N716PS performing flight AA-5088 from Burlington,VT to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was climbing through FL260 out of Burlington when the crew decided to divert to Albany,NY (USA) when the crew recveived a wing anti-ice caution message. The aircraft subsequently performed a descending left 360 to deal with the anti-ice caution message. ATC provided information about precipitation around their flight path, vectored the aircraft around an area of precipitation. While on a heading of 350 approach instructed the aircraft to turn right to heading 340 followed by the clearance for the ILS approach to Albany's runway 01. The aircraft landed safely on Albany's runway 01 about 25 minutes after stopping the climb at FL260.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Albany about 13 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 1, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
PSA Airlines

Flight number
AA-5088

Departure
Burlington, United States

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N716PS

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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