Avianca A332 near Santa Cruz on Sep 14th 2013, fuel leak
Last Update: September 18, 2013 / 16:18:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 14, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-88
Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Destination
Bogota, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N975AV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The airline confirmed the crew detected a fuel leak prompting the diversion, about 17 tons of the 42 tons of fuel on board were lost. An Airbus A320-200 was dispatched to Santa Cruz, whcih took about 150 passengers to Bogota in the night of Sep 14th, the remaining passengers were taken to hotels and were rebooked onto other flights the following day.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 14, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-88
Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Destination
Bogota, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N975AV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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