United B763 near Shannon on Dec 16th 2019, suspected fuel leak
Last Update: December 16, 2019 / 22:41:10 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 16, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-2768
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N642UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft had suffered similiar occurrence a month ago and the day before, see Incident: United B763 near Shannon on Nov 18th 2019, fuel leak and Incident: United B763 near Glasgow on Dec 15th 2019, fuel leak.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 16, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-2768
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N642UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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