TAROM B733 at Bucharest on Oct 3rd 2018, suspected oil leak

Last Update: October 4, 2018 / 19:46:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 3, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tarom

Flight number
RO-363

Aircraft Registration
YR-BGA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

A TAROM Boeing 737-300, registration YR-BGA performing flight RO-363 from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was climbing through FL160 out of Otopeni when the crew stopped the climb advising they had a technical problem but no emergency situation. The aircraft returned to Otopeni for a safe landing about 50 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported the crew announced they suspected an oil leak and were returning to Bucharest.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 80 minutes, then departed again and reached Amsterdam with a delay of about 2.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 3, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tarom

Flight number
RO-363

Aircraft Registration
YR-BGA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

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