Transaero B772 at Moscow on Oct 26th 2012, fuel leak

Last Update: October 30, 2012 / 21:40:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UN-999

Aircraft Registration
EI-UNX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Transaero Boeing 777-200, registration EI-UNX performing flight UN-999 from Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) to Miami,FL (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 130nm northwest of Moscow when fuel was observed flowing off the left hand wing. The crew decided to return to Moscow Domodedovo for a safe landing about 65 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration EI-UNN reached Miami with a delay of 5 hours.

The incident aircraft has not been seen airborne since (standing Oct 30th 21:30Z about 85.5 hours later).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UN-999

Aircraft Registration
EI-UNX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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