Earlier this week, American Airlines flight AA196 between Boston and Dallas had to divert to Little Rock due to a problem onboard.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand, which we will get into in this articlle.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Little Rock Diversion!: American Airlines AA196 Boston-Dallas…
American Airlines flight AA196, which diverted to Little Rock, is a routine scheduled flight between Boston & Dallas.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident is understood to be N414AL.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N414AL is a 4.6 year old Airbus A321neo that was delivered to the airline back in January 2020.
Of the A321neo variant, American Airlines have 80 in their fleet.
Moreover, of that 80, all but one are in active service, with an average fleet age of 3.7 years.
As well as the A321neo, AA has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 133 Airbus A319s.
- 48 Airbus A320s.
- 218 Airbus A321ceos.
- 365 Boeing 737s.
- 67 Boeing 777s.
- 59 Boeing 787s.
American Airlines flight AA196, which diverted to Little Rock (LIT), departed Boston at 1823 local time on August 20 and tracked west towards Dallas.
Over the airspace of Arkansas, the crew opted to make a u-turn and subsequent rapid descent into LIT.
Furthermore, after a very steep descent path, the aircraft landed safely without further incident at 2101 CDT time.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood this diversion was caused by an “unusual odour in the cabin”.
Passengers Delayed For Nearly 15 Hours Following the Incident…
Following the diversion to Little Rock by American Airlines flight AA193 Boston-Dallas, passengers were stuck for around 15 hours.
Then, once the problem was identified and fixed, the aircraft continued on with the passengers as AAL196P.
Following it’s arrival into Fort-Worth, the aircraft was grounded overnight and returned to service on August 21.
Overall, no further issues have been reported with the aircraft following the August 20 incident.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
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