Last week, an American Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Miami had to return back to Sao Paulo due to a problem with the aircraft’s landing gear.
Information has been released pertinent to this incident, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
American Airlines Flight AA930 – Sao Paulo to Miami…
American Airlines flight AA930, which suffered the problem, is a routine scheduled flight between Sao Paulo and Miami.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was understood to be N725AN.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N725AN is a 11.1 year old Boeing 777-300ER that was delivered to the airline in July 2013.
Moreover, of the 777-300ER variant, the airline has 20 in their fleet.
As well as the 777-300ER, American Airlines has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 133 Airbus A319s.
- 48 Airbus A320s.
- 298 Airbus A321s.
- 365 Boeing 737s.
- 47 Boeing 777-200s.
- 59 Boeing 787s.
American Airlines flight AA930, which suffered the problem, departed Sao Paulo at 2125 local time on August 16, and initially climbed out north towards Miami.
However, not long into the climb, the aircraft entered a series of holds to work out the issue.
After the holds were completed, the aircraft proceeded to make an approach and landed safely without further incident at 2245 local time.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood the issue was due to the gear not fully retracting after takeoff.
Aircraft Grounded for Two Days Following the Incident…
Following the incident involving American Airlines AA930 Sao Paulo-Miami, N725AN was grounded for two days with the gear problem.
On August 18, the aircraft re-positioned back to Miami, and then operated the following flights after fixes were made:
- AA56 – Miami to London Heathrow.
- AA81 – London Heathrow to Dallas.
- AA9848 – Dallas to Los Angeles.
- And more!
No further issues have been reported with the aircraft following the August 16 incident.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
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