Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N572NN performing flight AA-5144 from Providence,RI to Charlotte,NC (USA), was enroute at FL280 about 20nm east of Washington Dulles,DC (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Dulles Airport reporting smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on runway 01C about 18 minutes later.

A replacement CRJ-900 registration N552NN reached Charlotte with a delay of 5.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Washington about 21 hours after landing.