https://avherald.com/h?article=51caf037&opt=0An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N157UW performing flight AA-1272 from San Diego,CA to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) with 195 people on board, was climbing out of San Diego's runway 27 when the crew declared PAN PAN due to an engine (CFM56) problem and stopped the climb at 4000 feet advising ATC they would be returning to San Diego but needed about 10 minutes to work the related checklists. The crew advised that one of the engines was "a little bit hot on takeoff". The crew subsequently requested vectors to Los Angeles, was cleared to climb to 10,000 feet, the crew advised that would be a very slow climb, ATC then cleared them to 8000 feet, the crew advised they were still an emergency. The aircraft climbed to 7000 feet, entered a hold and landed on Los Angeles' runway 25R about 40 minutes after departure.
A replacement A321-200 registration N536UW continued the flight and reached Dallas with a delay of about 8:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 26 hours after landing.
The airline reported a possible mechanical issue.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1272/history/20240820/1535Z/KSAN/KDFW
