Created Thursday, Nov 27th 2025 17:16Z, last updated Thursday, Nov 27th 2025 17:16Z
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N951AA performing flight
AA-327 from Miami,FL (USA) to San Salvador (El Salvador) with 177 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 160nm east of Belize City (Belize) when the crew descended the aircraft to FL290 and diverted to Belize, subsequently the crew shut the right hand engine (CFM56) down. The aircraft landed safely on Belize's runway 07 about 35 minutes after leaving FL310.
A passenger reported there had been a strange odour on board and some abnormal vibrations, the captain announced he had needed to shut the right hand generator down, they were still continuing to San Salvador. About 20 minutes later the captain announced, they were diverting to Belize City. There was smoke in the back of the cabin. The crew shut the right hand engine down.
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