American Airlines flight AA2555 from Miami (MIA) to Newark (EWR) declared an emergency on Friday, March 5th, after it encountered a mechanical issue during the flight. According to American Airlines, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was en route to Newark Airport when the aircraft experienced a mechanical issue prompting the flight crew to shut down one engine as a precaution and declared an emergency. The Chicago-based carrier, also stated that flight AA2555 had 95 passengers and six crew onboard, but landed safely at Newark Airport without further incident.

American Airlines reiterate that this particular incident was not the result of an engine failure or an issue with the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS). The airline added that the issue was possibly related to an engine oil pressure or volume indicator. Aircraft manufacturer, Boeing has stated that it was aware of the incident, while the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) acknowledged that it would be monitoring the investigation closely.

American Airlines flight AA2555 registered N327SK, departed Miami International Airport at 12:40 EST and after declaring an emergency the aircraft touched down safely at New York’s Newark Airport just after 15:28 local time, according to data from Flightradar24. The aircraft was also able to taxi to the gate and passengers and crew were able to disembark the plane normally and the airline has reported that there were no injuries. The aircraft registrations website, planespotter.net states that this particular Boeing 737 MAX 8 was delivered to American Airlines at the end of last year having spent almost a full year on the ground. However, this aircraft has already completed a number of flights since it returned to commercial service way back in February.

Back in November 2020, the FAA Director, Steve Dickson said, “it is inevitable that at some time in the future, a Boeing 737 MAX will turn back to its originating airport, divert, or land at its destination with an actual or suspected in-flight problem, while these events can be inconvenient and unsettling to passengers, they occur virtually every day in our national airspace system.”

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 involved in this particular incident has since returned to commercial service and has successfully completed its flight to Miami International Airport from New York’s Newark Airport. Meanwhile, recent data from the aviation analytics firm, Cirium, has recorded over 1,300 flights worldwide using the Boeing 737 MAX up until March 3rd, with American Airlines operating almost 400 of these flights.

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