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AA48 - Incident: American B772 near New York on Sep 15th 2020

Created Wednesday, Sep 16th 2020 20:57Z, last updated Wednesday, Sep 16th 2020 20:57Z

New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
File photo: New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.

An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N762AN performing flight AA-48 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL370 about 60nm south of Southbend,IN (USA) when a windshield cracked. The aircraft descended to FL270 and set course to New York, where the aircraft landed safely on JFK's runway 22R about 90 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N788AN reached Paris with a delay of about 2.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in New York about 19 hours after landing.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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