In the last few moments, American Airlines flight AA2275 from St. Louis has just made an emergency landing into Philadelphia following a 7700 squawk declaration during the descent.
Information is limited surrounding the incident at hand, but below is what we know on this so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Emergency! American Airlines AA2275 St. Louis-Philadelphia…
American Airlines flight AA2275, which declared the emergency, is a routine scheduled flight between St. Louis & Philadelphia.
Furthermore, it is understood that the aircraft involved in the incident was N701UW.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N701UW is a 25.9 year old Airbus A319 that started out life with US Airways in October 1998.
Following the merger with American Airlines, the aircraft was transferred to the AA registry in December 2013.
Of the Airbus A319ceo variant, the carrier has 133 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of that 133, all but nine are in active service, with an average fleet age of 20.4 years.
As well as the A319, the airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 48 Airbus A320ceos.
- 298 Airbus A321 Family aircraft.
- 365 Boeing 737 Family aircraft.
- 67 Boeing 777s.
- 59 Boeing 787s.
American Airlines flight AA2275, which declared the emergency, departed St. Louis at 1359 local time today and tracked east towards Philadelphia.
The emergency broadcast, utilised through the 7700 squawk code and subsequent declaration to ATC, was made during the descent into destination.
From there, the aircraft was given priority landing into the airport, where they appeared to land safely without further incident at 2159 UK time.
Reason Unclear At This Moment in Time…
At this stage, the reason for the emergency onboard American Airlines flight AA2275 between St. Louis & Philadelphia is unclear.
Furthermore, as soon as we have more information pertinent to the cause, then we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story pending additional updates.
Such updates will be placed at the bottom of the article as and when we acquire such information.
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