In the last hour or so, it has been revealed that an American Airlines flight was evacuated in San Francisco due to an onboard fire.
Information is limited pertinent to this incident, but below is what we know on this so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
American Airlines Flight AA2045 – San Francisco to Miami…
American Airlines flight AA2045, which was involved in the onboard fire, was a routine scheduled flight between San Francisco and Miami.
Also, the aircraft involved in the incident is understood to be N917UY.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N917UY is a 9.5 year old Airbus A321ceo that was delivered to the airline in January 2015.
Of the Airbus A321ceo variant, American Airlines has 218 of them in their fleet.
Furthermore, of that 218, all but three are in active service, with an average fleet age of 12.0 years.
As well as the A321ceo, AA has the following aircraft in their fleet:
- 133 Airbus A319s.
- 48 Airbus A320s.
- 80 Airbus A321neos.
- 365 Boeing 737 Family aircraft.
- 67 Boeing 777 Family aircraft.
- 59 Boeing 787 Family aircraft.
It is understood that American Airlines flight AA2045 had suffered the fire onboard prior to departure from San Francisco.
The Miami-bound flight had an electronic device in the cabin which caught fire, which resulted in the cabin filling up with smoke.
Furthermore, the smoke had got bad to the point that the emergency doors were opened.
Also, some passengers evacuated via the emergency slides.
Aircraft Grounded…
Because of the emergency slides deploying, it is most likely that this aircraft has been grounded and the flight has either been cancelled or a new aircraft will operate the flight.
More information is yet to be confirmed on this particular incident.
As soon as we have more information on this, we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story, pending additional updates.
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