Incident

AA5895 - Incident: Piedmont E145 near Louisville on Apr 25th 2025

Created Saturday, Apr 26th 2025 10:51Z, last updated Saturday, Apr 26th 2025 10:51Z

Louisville International Airport
File photo: Louisville International Airport.

A Piedmont Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N670AE performing flight AA-5895 from Charlotte,NC to Evansville,IN (USA), was enroute at FL360 when the crew reported smoke and odour in the cockpit and decided to divert to Louisville,KY (USA). On final approach to Louisville's runway 17R the crew advised that there was no longer smoke and odour in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely about 35 minutes after leaving FL360.

A replacement Embraer ERJ-145 registration N641AE reached Evansville with a delay of about 7 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Louisville about 14 hours after landing.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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