TUI B738 at Frankfurt on May 8th 2024, leak from the left wing

Last Update: May 9, 2024 / 20:00:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
TUIFly

Flight number
X3-202

Aircraft Registration
D-ABMV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A TUIfly Boeing 737-800, registration D-ABMV performing flight X3-202 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Heraklion (Greece), was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the next departure reported they had seen something coming off the left wing of the aircraft. ATC informed the crew, who confirmed they were already checking a possible leakage. The aircraft stopped the climb at 4000 feet and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 07C about 30 minutes after departure.

In the meantime airport vehicles were performing an inspection of runway 18 and picked up some debris from the runway, subsequently emergency services responded to runway 18 and runway 07C.

The rotation was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 15 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
TUIFly

Flight number
X3-202

Aircraft Registration
D-ABMV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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