Belavia B738 near Krasnodar on Jun 2nd 2021, suspected fuel leak

Last Update: June 2, 2021 / 08:46:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 2, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Belavia

Flight number
B2-8284

Destination
Minsk, Belarus

Aircraft Registration
EW-526PA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Belavia Boeing 737-800, registration EW-526PA performing flight B2-8284 from Hurghada (Egypt) to Minsk (Belarus) with 180 people on board, was enroute at FL380 about 60nm north of Krasnodar (Russia) when the crew reported they suspected a fuel leak, declared PAN PAN and diverted to Krasnodar for a safe landing on runway 23L about 20 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EW-438PA was dispatched to Krasnodar and is currently enroute estimated to reach Minsk with a delay of about 10 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Krasnodar about 11 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 2, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Belavia

Flight number
B2-8284

Destination
Minsk, Belarus

Aircraft Registration
EW-526PA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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