S7 A21N at Blagoveschensk on Jan 30th 2021, fuel leak

Last Update: February 2, 2021 / 10:17:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 30, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
S7-3062

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BGU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A S7 Sibir Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration VQ-BGU performing flight S7-3062 from Blagoveschensk to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia), was enroute at FL340 about 120nm east of Novosibirsk (Russia) when the crew decided to divert to Novosibirk reporting a fuel leak. The aircraft landed safely on Novosibirsk's runway 25 about 25 minutes after leaving FL340.

A replacement A321-200 registration VQ-BFQ reached Moscow with a delay of 3:45 hours.

On Feb 2nd 2021 Rosaviatsia reported the aircraft was climbing through about FL150-FL180 when the crew received an ECAM message "R WING TANK OVERFLOW" later followed by an ECAM message "L WING TANK OVERFLOW". The aircraft diverted to Novosibirsk.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Novosibirsk about 75 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 30, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
S7-3062

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BGU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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