UTAir B735 near Astrakhan on Jun 9th 2012, fuel imbalance

Last Update: June 11, 2012 / 15:06:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2012

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-746

Aircraft Registration
VP-BXQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

A UTAir Boeing 737-500, registration VP-BXQ performing flight UT-746 from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) with 54 passengers, was enroute near Astrakhan about 360nm north of Baku when the crew decided to divert to Astrakhan due to a developing fuel imbalance. The aircraft landed safely.

The aircraft reached Moscow in the morning of Jun 11th with a total delay of 42 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2012

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-746

Aircraft Registration
VP-BXQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

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