Created Monday, Jan 11th 2021 21:35Z, last updated Monday, Jan 18th 2021 12:15Z
An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N167AN performing flight
AA-2494 from Miami,FL (USA) to Cancun (Mexico), was climbing out of Miami when the crew requested to stop the climb at 15,000 feet and return to Miami due to a left engine (V2533) oil leak. Both engines were kept running. The aircraft returned to Miami for a safe landing on runway 27 about 25 minutes after departure.
A replacement A321-200 registration N998AN reached Cancun with a delay of 2.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 22 hours after landing.
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