AA327 - Incident: American B738 near Belize on Nov 26th 2025
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.
Source: The Aviation Herald
AA327 around Nov 26, 2025
From Airportia's flight history: AA327 MIA–SAL in the days around the story. Local times; on time means less than 15 minutes late.
| Date | Departure | Arrival | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Nov 27 | 10:57 | 12:26 | Landed |
| Wed, Nov 26 story | 10:35 | 11:50 | En-Route |
| Tue, Nov 25 | 10:50 | 12:05 | Landed |
| Mon, Nov 24 | 11:15 | 12:33 | Landed |