American MD82 near Amarillo on May 14th 2013, smell of smoke in cockpit

Last Update: May 15, 2013 / 16:39:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 14, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1099

Aircraft Registration
N7542A

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N7542A performing flight AA-1099 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Albuquerque,NM (USA) with 117 passengers, was enroute at FL320 about 45nm south of Amarillo,TX when the crew reported smell of smoke in the cockpit together with a number of other indications and decided to divert to Amarillo for a safe landing about 10 (!) minutes later. Attending emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The aircraft was examined and was able to continue the flight reaching Albuquerque with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 14, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1099

Aircraft Registration
N7542A

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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