Information has emerged of American Airlines flight AA1272, originally bound for Dallas from San Diego, had to divert to Los Angeles with an issue onboard.
Such details have been released regarding this, which we will detail in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
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American Airlines AA1272 – San Diego to Dallas Fort-Worth: Los Angeles Diversion!
American Airlines flight AA1272, which suffered the problem onboard in Los Angeles, is a routine scheduled flight between San Diego and Dallas Fort-Worth.
Furthermore, the aircraft understood to be involved in this incident was N157UW.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N157UW is a 11.1 year old Airbus A321ceo that first started out life with US Airways in July 2013.
Following the merger with American Airlines, the aircraft was handed over to the AA registry in December 2013.
Of the A321ceo variant, AA has 218 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, within that 218, all but six are in active service, with an average age of 12.1 years.
As well as the A321ceo, the airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 133 Airbus A319s.
- 48 Airbus A320s.
- 80 Airbus A321neos.
- 365 Boeing 737s.
- 67 Boeing 777s.
- 59 Boeing 787s.
American Airlines flight AA1272, which suffered the problem, departed San Diego at 0820 local time on August 20 and initially climbed out towards Dallas.
After departure, the aircraft instead deviated north instead of east towards Fort-Worth.
From there, the aircraft entered a series of holds over the Long Beach area, before eventually deciding to divert to Los Angeles.
The aircraft landed safely into LAX without further incident after nearly 50 minutes in the flight.
The Aviation Herald reported that the issue at hand was an engine issue at hand, with crew reporting it was “a little bit hot on takeoff”.
Aircraft Grounded Following the Incident At Hand…
Following the engine issue on American Airlines flight AA1272 San Diego-Dallas, N157UW was grounded in Los Angeles.
It has remained on the ground in LAX since, with no indication into when the aircraft will return to commercial service.
Furthermore, maintenance technicians will need to assess the aircraft and make the appropriate fixes before this happens.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
Such updates will be seen at the bottom of this article as and when information comes through.
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