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| Date: | Wednesday 27 October 1999 |
| Time: | 04:40 |
| Type: |  Airbus A300B4-605R |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N70054 |
| MSN: | 461 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 157 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Miami,FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
En route, the aircraft encountered clear air turbulence. The fasten seat belt sign was on. A passenger walking in the aisle was thrown into a seat armrest, sustaining a fracture to one rib.
Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 1988 | N70054 | American Airlines | 0 | San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG/TJIG) |  |
non |
| Engine fire | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2024 14:54 | ASN | Added |
| 16-Sep-2024 17:17 | ASN | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2025 15:22 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Operator, ] |
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