Ryanair B738 near Milan on Dec 16th 2017, fuel leak
Last Update: December 16, 2017 / 18:24:34 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 16, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-1438
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Palermo, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-EMA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-EVM reached Palermo as flight FR-1498 with a delay of 2:20 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 12 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 16, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-1438
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Palermo, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-EMA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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