Fedex MD11 near Newark on Apr 29th 2018, fuel leak

Last Update: April 29, 2018 / 22:03:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fuel leak

Airline
Fedex

Flight number
FX-9792

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
Cologne, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N585FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

A Fedex Federal Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11, registration N585FE performing flight FX-9792 from Memphis,TN (USA) to Cologne (Germany) with 2 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 120nm northwest of Newark,NJ (USA) when the crew reported a fuel leak and decided to divert to Newark advising they probably would shut the runway down to clean up the fuel leak. The airport advised other traffic that they might be forced to completely shut down due to an incoming emergency aircraft. The MD-11 landed safely on Newark's runway 04R about 25 minutes after leaving FL370 and stopped on the runway, emergency services reported seeing a lot of fuel being released from the aircraft. Runway 04R was closed, runway 04L remained available and open for operations.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fuel leak

Airline
Fedex

Flight number
FX-9792

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
Cologne, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N585FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

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