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AA3249 - Incident: American A319 near Charlotte on Feb 11th 2026

Created Thursday, Apr 30th 2026 17:54Z, last updated Thursday, Apr 30th 2026 17:54Z

Charlotte Douglas International Airport
File photo: Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N9010R performing flight AA-3249 from Fort Lauderdale,FL to Washington National,DC (USA), was enroute at FL270 about 130nm south of Charlotte,NC (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Charlotte after both generators failed and the RAT deployed. The aircraft landed safely on Charlotte's runway 36C about 30 minutes later.

The NTSB reported they have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated an incident, both generators failed causing the RAT to deploy.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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