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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 2025 |
| Time: | 13:53 AST |
| Type: |  Boeing 737 MAX 8 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N324RA |
| MSN: | 44459/6515 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM LEAP-1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Aruba -
 Aruba
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport (AUA/TNCA) |
| Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
AA Flight 874 on Tuesday October 21, 2025 departed Aruba Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) at approximately 13:42 AST. 11 minutes into the flight, at approximately 19,000 ft AA874 was passing through tropical storm Melissa where it encountered heavy hail. According to a passenger onboard as informed by the flight crew, the hailstones shattered a cockpit windshield. Passengers noticed heavy winds inside the plane for a brief period of time. AA847 descended and returned to AUA after spending an additional 2.5 hrs in the air to burn off fuel to land.
Sources:
passenger information
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N324RA
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n324ra#3cc3c7fe
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2025 09:13 | pisurfer0 | Added |
| 24-Oct-2025 09:14 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
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