Sun Express Deutschland B738 near Vienna on Oct 9th 2012, fuel leak
Last Update: October 9, 2012 / 19:50:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Sun Express Deutschland
Flight number
XG-1959
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Izmir, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
D-ASXD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Austrian Wings reported emergency services responded and needed to clean up a larger spill of fluid from the right hand engine.
The aircraft was able to continue the flight after 3 hours on the ground in Vienna and reached Izmir with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Sun Express Deutschland
Flight number
XG-1959
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Izmir, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
D-ASXD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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