American B738 near Miami on Mar 31st 2021, standby display system failed

Last Update: April 1, 2021 / 20:13:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 31, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-1707

Departure
Charlotte, United States

Destination
San Jose, Costa Rica

Aircraft Registration
N876NN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N876NN performing flight AA-1707 from Charlotte,NC (USA) to San Jose (Costa Rica), was enroute at FL360 about 30nm westsouthwest of Miami,FL (USA) when the crew asked for the help of the center controller, the controller asked !quickly?". The crew assured not a matter of urgence, as the center was able to handle them they requested to descend to a lower altitude to burn off fuel and divert to Miami because their integrated standby display system had failed. No priority or assistance was needed, they just needed to burn off about 4000 lbs of fuel at some lower altitude and divert. The aircraft descended to 17,000 feet to burn off fuel and landed safely on Miami's runway 09 about 50 minutes after leaving FL360.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N839NN reached San Jose with a delay of 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 22 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 31, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-1707

Departure
Charlotte, United States

Destination
San Jose, Costa Rica

Aircraft Registration
N876NN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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