In the last few moments, American Airlines flight AA1567 flying between Atlanta and Dallas has declared an emergency over Little Rock.
N523UW is the aircraft in question operating this flight.
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Emergency: American Airlines AA1567 Atlanta-Dallas…
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Welcome to our live coverage. Updates will follow shortly.
About N523UW: The American Airlines A321 Involved in the Emergency…
N523UW is the American Airlines Airbus A321 involved in this emergency on AA1567 Atlanta-Dallas.
As per Planespotters, N523UW is a 14.9 year old airframe that was delivered to US Airways in July 2009.
Following the merger with AA, it was handed over in December 2013.
Furthermore, of the A321ceo variant, the airline has 218 of them in the fleet.
Moreover, of that 218, all but nine are in active service with an average fleet age of 11.9 years.
Continuing to Dallas?
AA1567 is around 50 minutes away from it’s arrival into Dallas Fort-Worth from Atlanta.
Furthermore, it could be assumed that the aircraft will continue to it’s destination as planned.
Descent Commenced…
AA1567 has appeared to have started a descent, presumably into DFW at this time.
@RadarBoxCom is also showing that the aircraft has changed it’s squawk code from the emergency 7700 to 2310.
Furthermore, we will continue to monitor until the aircraft has touched down safely.
Heading to Destination As Planned…
American Airlines AA1567 from Atlanta looks to be continuing into Dallas Fort-Worth as planned.
Medical Emergency Onboard Confirmed…
Via LiveATC, it is understood AA1567 has a medical emergency onboard the aircraft.
On Base Leg…
AA1567 is on the base leg into DFW.
On Final Approach…
AA1567 is now on final approach for it’s emergency landing into DFW with the medical-related issue onboard.
TOUCHDOWN!
TOUCHDOWN! American Airlines flight AA1567 from Atlanta has appeared to have touched down safely into Dallas Fort-Worth following the medical emergency declaration.
That brings to a close our coverage of this event. Thank you for following.
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