American A321 at Los Angeles on Oct 14th 2025, toxic fumes on the aircraft

Last Update: October 15, 2025 / 16:41:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2025

Classification
Accident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-274

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N587UW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N587UW performing flight AA-274 from Los Angeles,CA to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing out of Los Angeles' runway 25R when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet requesting to return to Los Angeles, subsequently the crew donned their oxygen masks and advised ATC they had "toxic fumes on the aircraft". The aircraft returned to Los Angeles for a landing on runway 25L without further incident about 15 minutes after departure. Seven passenger reported feeling sick and with bad taste in their mouthes, they were assessed by medical stuff at the airport. Nobody was taken to a hospital.

A replacement A321-200 registration N161UW reached New York with a delay of about 8 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 16.5 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N587UW
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2025

Classification
Accident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-274

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N587UW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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