Delta B763 near Tokyo on Sep 23rd 2018, fuel pump failure
Last Update: September 23, 2018 / 18:19:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 23, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-588
Departure
Shanghai Pudong, China
Destination
Seattle, United States
Aircraft Registration
N1608
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 1:50 hours, then continued the flight and reached Seattle with a total delay of 70 minutes.
Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft diverted due to a defective fuel pump. After landing the aircraft taxied to the apron on own power. The runway was temporarily closed causing 13 flights to be delayed up to 12 minutes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 23, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-588
Departure
Shanghai Pudong, China
Destination
Seattle, United States
Aircraft Registration
N1608
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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