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| Date: | Friday 11 March 2005 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-223ER |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N790AN |
| MSN: | 30251/287 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 217 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
American Airlines flight AA908, a Boeing 777, N790AN, experienced a right engine fire and aborted the takeoff at about 110 knots at Ezeiza International Airport (EZE), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The pax were evacuated and 8 sustained minor injuries during the evacuation.
Sources:
NTSB DCA05WA042
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 February 2003 | N790AN | American Airlines | 0 | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |  |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
| 28 February 2024 | N790AN | American Airlines | 0 | E of Boston, MA |  |
min |
| Windscreen cracks or failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2023 11:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 29-Apr-2023 19:55 | harro | Updated |
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