Sunwing B738 near Sault Ste Marie on Mar 5th 2020, fuel imbalance

Last Update: March 26, 2020 / 18:17:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 5, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sunwing Airlines

Flight number
WG-374

Departure
Sault Ste Marie, Canada

Destination
London, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FJVE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Sunwing Boeing 737-800, registration C-FJVE performing flight WG-374 from Sault Ste Marie,ON to London,ON (Canada) with 107 people on board, was climbing out of Sault Ste Marie when the crew received a fuel imbalance alert for the right hand tank. The crew declared PAN PAN and levelled off at FL270. While working the related checklists the crew determined the cross feed valve was open, completed the checklist, and allowed the fuel to balance again. The flight continued to destination for a safe landing about 35 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB rated the occurrence a reportable incident but did not open an investigation.
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B738
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 5, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sunwing Airlines

Flight number
WG-374

Departure
Sault Ste Marie, Canada

Destination
London, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FJVE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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