American Airlines Flight AA2398 Identified as Airbus A321 After Laptop Fire
The aircraft involved in the August 21 laptop fire at Dallas/Fort Worth has been identified as an Airbus A321, according to flight tracking data.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 22, 2026, 4:45 a.m. ET
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Aug 22, 2026, 4:45 a.m. ETFirst report
American Airlines Flight Lands Safely After Laptop Fire at Dallas/Fort Worth
An American Airlines flight, AA2398, landed safely at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Friday evening, Aug. 21, 2026, after a passenger's laptop caught fire, according to Simple Flying. The pilot reported a cabin fire in the back of the aircraft from a passenger's laptop. The flight, an Airbus A321, was met by emergency personnel but taxied to the gate on its own power. One passenger was treated by medical teams on the ground. Five injuries were reported, according to Simple Flying. The aircraft carried 133 people on board.
The aircraft's registration is N197UW, according to flight tracking data; this has not been confirmed by an official record. Registry records list the registered owner as American Airlines Inc; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
American Airlines has had several other incidents involving its aircraft in 2026, according to NTSB records. These include a Boeing 737-800 incident in Boston on June 20, a Boeing 737-823 incident in San Salvador on March 1, a Bombardier CL-600-2C10 incident in North Eleuthera on February 24, a Bombardier CL-600-2D24 incident in Exhuma on February 12, and an Airbus A319 incident in Charlotte on February 11. The Airbus A321-211 has been involved in three other NTSB cases since 2008, none of which involved a fatality. These records say nothing about the cause of this accident.
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Reference data
From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.
- Registration
- N197UW
- Type
- Airbus A321-211 — twin-engine jet landplane
- Engines
- CFM INTL CFM56-5B3/P
- Registered owner
- American Airlines IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
- Terrain elevation
- 436 ft
- Nearest aerodrome
- 5.6 miles SSE of Dallas Love Field (KDAL/DAL)
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