# Incident 19990715025299I: Boeing 757223, El Paso, TX, July 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1999, 10:44 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N689AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N689AA-2018-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990715025299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 15, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:44 AM MDT, AMERICAN AIRLINES, FLIGHT 1280, A BOEING 7570223, DIVERTED INTO EL PASO, TX ON A FLIGHT FROM LAX TO DFW DUE TO A STRANGE ODOR IN THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE ODOR CAME FROM THE CABIN VIDEO. THE VIDEO WAS SHUT OFF AND PLACARDED AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO IT'S DESTINATION. FILE CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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