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| Date: | Tuesday 3 May 2011 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-223ER |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N793AN |
| MSN: | 30255/299 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 150 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Moncton, NB (Greater Moncton internation Airport YQM/CYQM -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | EGLL/LHR |
| KORD | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During flight AA-47 from London to Chicago, an American Airlines Boeing 777 was forced to land in Moncton due to smoke in the cockpit. The local fire department determined that the smoke was the result of an electrical fire caused by an overheated battery.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20110826044923/http://www.cbc.ca:80/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/05/03/nb-emergency-landing-moncton.html?ref=rss
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 August 2024 | N793AN | American Airlines | 0 | near Laclede, MO |  |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2011 02:16 | vvvww | Added |
| 04-May-2011 07:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2011 12:25 | vvvww | Updated [Location, ] |
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