American B763 over Atlantic on Jul 31st 2013, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 31, 2013 / 22:45:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-69

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
N372AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N372AA performing flight AA-69 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Miami,FL (USA) with 250 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about one hour into the Atlantic crossing when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (CF6) down, drifted the aircraft down to FL200, turned around and diverted to Porto (Portugal) for a safe landing on runway 35 about 70 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N369AA is estimated to reach Miami with a delay of 15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-69

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
N372AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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