American B763 near San Juan on Jan 28th 2013, overheating battery charger

Last Update: January 29, 2013 / 17:19:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 28, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-233

Aircraft Registration
N358AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N358AA performing flight AA-233 from Miami,FL (USA) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 198 passengers and 13 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 60nm south of San Juan (Puerto Rico) when the crew decided to divert to San Juan due to an overheating battery charger and smell of smoke on board. The aircraft landed safely about 18 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N349AN, originally scheduled to fly from San Juan to New York, resumed the flight to Sao Paulo and is estimated to reach Guarulhos Airport with a delay of 19 hours.

The incident aircraft was able to return to service the following day and resumed the flight N349AN was originally scheduled to fly.

A passenger reported that the flight had been delayed repeatedly at the gate in Miami already due to an overheating battery charger. Later, about 2.5 hours into the flight, the captain announced the problem had returned and there was smoke on board prompting them to divert to San Juan.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 28, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-233

Aircraft Registration
N358AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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