American B772 over Atlantic on Sep 2nd 2016, weird smell on board
Last Update: September 4, 2016 / 18:42:56 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 2, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-56
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N788AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
Passengers reported they returned to Miami due to a weird smell on board and were received by emergency services. A replacement aircraft was ready for departure but had to be delayed due to wrong catering being brought to the aircraft.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N795AN reached London with a delay of 11.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Miami about 42 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 2, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-56
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N788AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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