American A320 near New York on Mar 10th 2021, hydraulic degradation

Last Update: March 11, 2021 / 11:47:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 10, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2124

Departure
Washington National, United States

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N104UW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N104UW performing flight AA-2124 from Washington National,DC to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), was enroute at FL210 about 100nm southwest of New York when the crew descended the aircraft early to 10,000 feet and declared emergency reporting a hydraulic degradation. The crew entered a hold to work related checklists and decided to divert to New York's JFK airport. The aircraft landed safely on JFK's runway 13R about 40 minutes later, vacated the runway via a high speed turnoff and stopped just past the hold short line for an inspection by emergemcy vehicles. The passengers later disembarked normally at the gate.

The FAA confirmed the crew declared emergency due to a hydraulics issue.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 10, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2124

Departure
Washington National, United States

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N104UW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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