Delta B712 near Montgomery on Aug 2nd 2019, fuel leak

Last Update: August 3, 2019 / 18:07:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-2366

Aircraft Registration
N989AT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

A Delta Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration N989AT performing flight DL-2366 from Houston Hobby,TX to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 62 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 30nm southwest of Montgomery,AL (USA) when the crew suspected a fuel leak and decided to divert to Montgomery for a safe landing on runway 10 about 22 minutes after the decision to divert. Emergency services reported fluid leaking from the aircraft. The crew was able to stop the leak and subsequently taxied to the apron.

The occurrence aircraft, that had departed from Houston with a delay of 3:15 hours already, remained on the ground for about 6.5 hours, then was able to continue the flight and reached Atlanta with a delay of 10 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-2366

Aircraft Registration
N989AT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

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