American B763 over Atlantic on Jan 22nd 2017, engine problem

Last Update: January 22, 2017 / 20:51:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 22, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-66

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
N390AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N390AA performing flight AA-66 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Barcelona,SP (Spain) with 151 passengers and 8 crew, was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean about 300nm northwest of Porto (Portugal) when the crew decided to divert to Porto reporting an engine oil problem on the left hand engine (CF6). The aircraft maintained FL365 until top of descent into Porto and landed safely on Porto's runway 17 about 45 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Porto about 15 hours after landing. The passengers were taken to hotels.

The flight is estimated to continue the following day.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 22, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-66

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
N390AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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