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| Date: | Saturday 19 April 2025 |
| Time: | 12:17 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N815AA |
| MSN: | 40633/423 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 214 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Over Paraguay -
 Paraguay
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
flight AA-908 (sched. Apr 18th, act. Apr 19th) from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA to Miami,FL with 214 people on board, had departed Buenos Aires with a delay of about 12.5 hours the next morning and was en route at FL370 about 500nm north of Buenos Aires in the airspace of Paraguay when the crew decided to turn around and return to Buenos Aires due to the smell of smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Ezeiza's runway 11 about 2.5 hours after departure. There were no injuries.
Sources:
https://avherald.com/h?article=526b7b47&opt=4096
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11585766 (Photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2025 00:16 | Justanormalperson | Added |
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