Jetblue A320 near Bermuda on Oct 8th 2012, fuel leak

Last Update: October 9, 2012 / 12:46:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 8, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-891

Aircraft Registration
N527JL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N527JL performing flight B6-891 (dep Oct 7th) from Boston,MA (USA) to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) with 51 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean about 65nm westsouthwest of Bermuda (Bermuda) when the crew reported a possible fuel leak and requested to divert to Bermuda. ATC advised there was no controller on duty and asked whether they were able to land without tower, the crew affirmed and descended towards Bermuda reporting they had still about 26,000 lbs, 5 hours worth of fuel, but suspected a fuel leak. The aircraft landed safely on Bermuda's runway 30 about 30 minutes later, reporting being on ground and clear of the runway both on center and advisory frequency.

Maintenance identified and repaired a fuel leak, the aircraft was able to continue after 3 hours on the ground and reached Santo Domingo with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 8, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-891

Aircraft Registration
N527JL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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