American B772 over Pacific on Sep 8th 2015, generator failure
Last Update: September 9, 2015 / 15:14:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 8, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-281
Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Destination
Seoul, South Korea
Aircraft Registration
N787AL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N783AN reached Seoul with a delay of 4 hours.
The airline confirmed an engine driven generator failure, another set of generator was activated, however increased the fuel consumption so that the aircraft could not continue to Seoul but needed to divert to Tokyo.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 8, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-281
Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Destination
Seoul, South Korea
Aircraft Registration
N787AL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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