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Incident to the Airbus A319 registered N3014R operated by American Airlines on 02/12/2022 en route

Odeur de fumées en cabine, MAYDAY et déroutement

Responsible entity

Colombia - AIB

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Colombian authorities:

According to the Pilot initial statement, on flight AA 1135 route MIA-PEI, at 18:17Z flying NW of Cartagena, Colombia, the crew declared an EMERGENCY "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY", because there was a strong smell of smoke in the cabin,.

The crew requests descent and proceed directly to Barranquilla (SKBQ) airport. At 18;43 UTC the aircraft landed safely. No anomaly were found on ground. The aircraft move by its own means to the Gate.