American B763 near Moncton on Sep 2nd 2018, fuel quantity indication issue
Last Update: September 3, 2018 / 22:30:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-734
Departure
Philadelphia, United States
Destination
Manchester, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N343AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A passenger reported the captain announced there was a problem with the left hand engine and they didn't have enough fuel to get to Manchester. They diverted to JFK and waited for a replacement aircraft.
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N390AA departed JFK about 8 hours after N343AN had landed and reached Manchester with a delay of 11:45 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 17 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-734
Departure
Philadelphia, United States
Destination
Manchester, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N343AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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