American B763 over Atlantic on Dec 3rd 2014, wheel well fire indication

Last Update: December 4, 2014 / 21:35:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 3, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-974

Departure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N346AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N346AN performing flight AA-974 (dep Dec 2nd) from Rio de Janeiro,RJ (Brazil) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 121 people on board, was enroute at FL380 over the Atlantic Ocean about 300nm west of Bermuda (Bermuda) when the crew received a main wheel well fire indication. The aircraft descended to FL200 and diverted to Bermuda. While the aircraft was diverting, the tower controller in Bermuda was called in and opened the tower for the emergency arrival. The crew advised that there was no smoke or smell of smoke at all. The aicraft landed safely on runway 12 one hour after the indication. The aircraft stopped at the end of the runway for an inspection of the main wheel wells by emergency services, emergency services did not detect any indication of fire, smoke or heat. The aircraft subsequently taxied to the apron.

The aircraft was able to continue the flight after 9 hours on the ground in Bermuda and reached New York with a delay of 11 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 3, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-974

Departure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N346AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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