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AA4689 - Incident: Republic E175 at Washington on Feb 8th 2025

Created Tuesday, Feb 11th 2025 18:20Z, last updated Tuesday, Feb 11th 2025 18:20Z

Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport
File photo: Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport.

A Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-175 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N112HQ performing flight AA-4689 from Washington National,DC to Miami,FL (USA) with 80 people on board, was climbing out of National's runway 19 when the crew stopped the climb at FL240 reporting a problem with the slats and decided to divert to Washington International,DC (USA). The aircraft landed safely on Dulles Airport's runway 19C about 65 minutes after departure.

A replacement E175 registration N125HQ reached Miami with a delay of about 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 63 hours, then positioned to Indianapolis,IN (USA).

Source: The Aviation Herald

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