Joon A320 near Milan on Oct 17th 2018, suspected fuel leak, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 18, 2018 / 21:25:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Suspected fuel leak

Airline
Joon

Flight number
AF-1605

Departure
Rome Fiumicino, Italy

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GKXY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Joon Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Air France, registration F-GKXY performing flight AF-1605 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL320 about 70nm south of Milan Malpensa (Italy) when the crew reported they suspected a fuel leak on one of the engines (CFM56) and shut the engine down. The aircraft diverted to Milan Malpensa, the airport temporarily suspended all departures and landings on both runways while preparing for the arrival of the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely on Malpensa's runway 35R about 22 minutes after leaving FL320, vacated the runway. Departures and landings on runway 35L resumed immediately after F-GKXY was on the ground, runway 35R returned to service soon after following a runway inspection.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 16 hours then returned to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Suspected fuel leak

Airline
Joon

Flight number
AF-1605

Departure
Rome Fiumicino, Italy

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GKXY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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