Air China A332 near Minsk on Jun 19th 2018, suspected fuel leak

Last Update: June 19, 2018 / 21:13:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air China

Flight number
CA-840

Aircraft Registration
B-6549

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air China Airbus A330-200, registration B-6549 performing flight CA-840 from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was enroute at FL370 about 40nm northeast of Minsk (Belarus) when the crew suspected a fuel leak and decided to divert to Minsk. The aircraft burned off fuel and landed safely in Minsk about 80 minutes after the decision to divert.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 4 hours, then departed Minsk and is estimated to reach Shanghai with a delay of about 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air China

Flight number
CA-840

Aircraft Registration
B-6549

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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