AA2392 - Incident: American B738 near Raleigh/Durham on Aug 15th 2024
Created Thursday, Aug 15th 2024 19:15Z, last updated Thursday, Aug 15th 2024 19:15Z
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N989AN performing flight AA-2392 from Charlotte,NC to Hartford,CT (USA), was climbing through about FL320 out of Charlotte when the crew donned their oxygen masks reporting smoke on board and decided to divert to Raleigh/Durham,NC. The aircraft descended to 4000 feet but advised they still needed to run some checklists taking about 5 to 10 minutes, requested emergency services on standby but they weren't planning to evacuate. The aircraft landed on runway 23R about 35 minutes after stopping the climb. The aircraft was towed to the apron.
Passengers reported there had been a loud boom sound followed by strong smell of smoke.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N942NN reached Hartford with a delay of about 3:40 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 6.5 hours after landing.
Source: The Aviation Herald