China Airlines B738 near Okinawa on Jun 26th 2014, suspected fuel leak
Last Update: June 26, 2014 / 21:27:17 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 26, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-167
Departure
Osaka Kansai, Japan
Destination
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
B-18605
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto flight CI-123 from Okinawa to Taipei and CI-309 to Kaohsiung and reached their destination with a delay of 10 hours.
The airline said the cause of the decreasing fuel quantity indication is under investigation.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 26, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-167
Departure
Osaka Kansai, Japan
Destination
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
B-18605
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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