American Airlines is flying an Airbus A321 to Cancun, Mexico, without any liferafts onboard. This route would typically fly over the ocean directly, but as they do not have the required safety equipment on board, the specific A321s are forced to hug the Mexican coastline.
Flying on American Airlines from Dallas Fort-Worth to Cancun on one of their six daily flights you might notice something odd. The flight times vary up to an hour depending on the flight, despite listing the same
This is because several of these Airbus A321’s are from the older US Airways fleet and never flew over bodies of water, thus never packed liferafts, as discovered by View From The Wing.
The difference in flight times is around 30-40 minutes, but can sometimes be up to an hour.
