Created Wednesday, Mar 31st 2021 23:29Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 31st 2021 23:29Z
An American Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N409AA performing flight
AA-284 from Honolulu,HI to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 199 people on board, was climbing out of Honolu's runway 08R when the crew reported a mechanical problem and requested to remain in the airspace. A conflict developed with a private aircraft at 5000 feet, the controller instructed the aircraft to turn left onto a heading of 080 (parallel to the private aircraft), the crew replied "Listen, we turn south, west!" and advised they had flight control problems. ATC turned them onto a heading of 260, which resolved the conflict. The crew requested runway 08L for the return and advised they got the aircraft controllable at a reasonably normal speed, their flaps had not retracted, and landed safely on runway 08L about 20 minutes after departure.
A replacement A321-200N registration N418AN reached Los Angeles with a delay of about 5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service the following morning about 18 hours after landing back.
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