An American Airlines flight inbound from Lihue, Hawaii has declared an emergency while approaching Los Angeles.
American Airlines fliightAA266, operated by an Airbus A321neo, squawked transponder code 7700 whilst commencing descent from cruising altitude. The flight is now continuing to the destination Los Angeles international Airport (LAX).
American Airlines AA266 Lihue-Los Angeles
Having declared an emergency while approaching the California coast on descent, American flight AA266 has expedited its approach to the destination Los Angeles International Airport.
Flight crew are maintaining squawk code 7700 for priority. The nature of the emergency is not yet known.
06:12 UTC: Approach to Los Angeles (LAX)
Flight AA266 is now establishing on final approach for runway 25 Los Angeles (LAX), passing through 1,900 feet.
06:16 UTC: Landed Los Angeles (LAX)
Having declared an emergency and expedited an approach to Los Angeles earlier today, American flight AA266 has now landed runway 25L Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Having now arrived at the gate, the aircraft conducting today’s AA266 rotation from Lihue, Hawaii was an Airbus A321neo, registered N406AN.
This is a 5.8 year old narrowbody aircraft belonging to the carrier American Airlines. It has been in operational service with the airline since its initial delivery from the factory in July 2019.
Flight data shows that American Airlines emergency flight AA266made a slight delayed departure from Lihue Airport 9LIH) today at 1444 local time. Scheduled departure time for the rotation is listed as 1400 local time.
Following departure, the flight had progressed normally, climbing to flight level FL350 for the north-easterly service to Los Angeles. Flight crew squawked transponder 7700 at 0552 UTC, as the flight left cruising level FL350 on descent for Los Angeles. The flight was approach the coast at the time of the emergency declaration.
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