Incident to the Airbus A321 registered N556UW operated by American Airlines on 04/03/2026 at Baltimore (Maryland, United States)

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United States authorities:

N556UW experienced a deployment of the ram air turbine after failure of both generators. The flight landed safely without further incident.

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General information
Local date	04/03/2026
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Baltimore-Washington AD
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2026-0152

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United States - American Airlines Inc.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A321
Aircraft Registration	N556UW
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	United States of America - KPHL (PHL) [PHL] Philadelphia, Pa/Philadelphia Intl
Planned destination	United States of America - KSLC (SLC) [SLC] Salt Lake City, Ut/Salt Lake City Intl
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	5244
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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