American Airlines Accidents and Incidents - 1980s

1980s

• On April 16, 1985, engine number 3 of an American Airlines Boeing 727 was torn from its mounts while flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet. Frozen fluid from a leakage of the lavatory waste drain valve was ingested by the engine. There were no injuries.

• June 27, 1985: American Airlines Flight 633, a DC-10, taking off from Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas overran the runway and nosedived into a nearby lake. There were no injuries.

• February 3, 1988: American Airlines Flight 132, a MD-83, experienced a cargo hold fire because of a chemical reaction resulting from undeclared and improperly packaged hazardous materials. There were no fatalities.