American B752 near El Paso on Oct 22nd 2013, electrical odour on board

Last Update: October 24, 2013 / 23:39:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 22, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2420

Aircraft Registration
N688AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N688AA performing flight AA-2420 from Los Angeles,CA to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) with 162 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 50nm northwest of El Paso,TX when the crew declared emergency reporting an electrical smell on board and diverted to El Paso for a safe landing on runway 22 about 18 minutes later. Emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The incident aircraft resumed service about 27 hours later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 22, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2420

Aircraft Registration
N688AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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