HOUSTON \u2014 An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas is making an emergency landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) this afternoon following an unspecified in-flight issue over the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n
Flight Details<\/p>\n
American Airlines Flight AA314, operated by a Boeing 737-800 (Registration: N915AN), departed from Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City at 12:20 PM local time. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).<\/p>\n
The flight appeared routine for the first hour of travel as the aircraft reached a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet while transiting the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n
Emergency Declaration<\/p>\n
While over open water, the flight crew transmitted a Squawk 7700 code, the international signal for a general emergency. Following the declaration, Air Traffic Control (ATC) immediately began vectoring the aircraft toward Houston, the nearest major diversion point capable of handling the narrow-body jet.<\/p>\n
Current Status:<\/p>\n
Diversion Point: Houston George Bush Intercontinental (IAH)Altitude: Descending on approach.Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-800Emergency Code: 7700 (Priority Handling)Response on the Ground<\/p>\n
Houston airport authorities and emergency services have been alerted and are standing by to meet the aircraft upon arrival, a standard protocol for \u201c7700\u201d declarations.<\/p>\n
American Airlines has not yet released a formal statement regarding the specific nature of the emergency\u2014whether it involves a mechanical malfunction or a passenger medical crisis.<\/p>\n
UpdatesThe airline is confirming diversion to IAH.On final approach.The airline is scheduling a departure at 4:44 PM from Houston.Aligned to runway 26L.Touch down at 3:21 PM.The aircraft is met by emergency vehicles at the end of runway.Diverted due to smell of fumes in the cabin according to source<\/a>.The aircraft is now taxiing followed by firetrucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2014 An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas is making an emergency landing at George Bush Intercontinental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24979,97149,56,58,57,17930,97150],"class_list":["post-259110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-aa","tag-aa314","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-iah","tag-n915an"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}