Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N103NN performing flight AA-10 from Los Angeles,CA to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 97 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 100nm north of Phoenix,AZ when the crew reported smoke in the cabin and decided to divert to Phoenix. The aircraft landed safely on Phoenix’s runway 08 about 25 minutes later.

A passenger reported there was a sudden burst of smoke in the cabin shortly followed by an announcement by the crew to prepare for landing, they were diverting to Phoenix.

The occurrence aircraft is estimated to continue the journey but so far is still on the ground in Phoenix about 11 hours after landing in Phoenix.