Incident: American B788 near Chicago on Jun 14th 2020, flight control problems

admin - News | 2020-06-18 02:03:35

An American Airlines Boeing 787-8, registration N816AA performing flight AA-70 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL390 about 50nm north of Albany,NY (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) reporting flight control issues. The crew advised no assistance was needed and neither requested urgency nor declared emergency. The aircraft was cleared to Chicago, about 650nm west of their position, and landed safely on O'Hare's runway 10L at a normal speed about 100 minutes later and taxied to the apron.

A replacement Boeing 787-8 registration N815AA flown by a new crew departed about 2:50 hours after landing and is estimated to reach Frankfurt with a delay of one hour.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL70/history/20200614/2110Z/KDFW/EDDF

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