American A321 near Port of Spain on Aug 2nd 2017, "little bit of turbulence" injures a few passengers
Last Update: August 5, 2017 / 23:47:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 2, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-2713
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Aircraft Registration
N996AN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 18 hours and departed for the return flight the following afternoon around 15:16L with a delay of 8:16 hours.
Passengers reported the aircraft encountered turbulence about one hour prior to arrival in Port of Spain. The aircraft suffered a number of jolts throwing passengers against the cabin ceiling and back onto the floor, even passengers with seat belts closed were bumped against the overhead lockers.
Radar data suggest the aircraft encountered the turbulence at about about 20:25L (00:25Z Aug 3rd), when the aircraft encountered an altitude deviation up to FL331 about 100nm south of San Juan (Puerto Rico).
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 2, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-2713
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Aircraft Registration
N996AN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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