Jetstar A332 near Nadi on May 4th 2012, engine oil leak
Last Update: May 9, 2012 / 16:36:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 4, 2012
Airline
Jetstar Airways
Flight number
JQ-4
Departure
Honolulu, United States
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-EBE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
Maintenance found only one quart of oil remaining at the leaking engine's oil reservoir.
An Airbus A321-200 registration VH-VWX positioned from Sydney to Nadi on May 5th and delivered the passengers to Sydney as flight JQ-7006 with a delay of 26 hours.
The incident aircraft was able to return to Sydney on May 8th as flight JQ-7992.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 4, 2012
Airline
Jetstar Airways
Flight number
JQ-4
Departure
Honolulu, United States
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VH-EBE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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