Air Contractors B733 near Cork on Jun 24th 2014, suspected fuel leak
Last Update: June 25, 2014 / 20:34:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 24, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
Air Contractors
Flight number
AG-419J
Departure
Belfast International, United Kingdom
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EI-STA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
The passengers were taken to hotels over night.
The airline reported the following day that no fuel leak had occurred, the problem was caused by a faulty instrument.
The occurrence aircraft resumed the flight the next afternoon and reached Barcelona with a delay of about 16 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 24, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
Air Contractors
Flight number
AG-419J
Departure
Belfast International, United Kingdom
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EI-STA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
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