Transaero B738 near Samara on Aug 31st 2014, fuel leaking from left engine
Last Update: September 2, 2014 / 20:58:06 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 31, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Transaero Airlines
Flight number
UN-9818
Departure
Antalya, Turkey
Destination
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Aircraft Registration
EI-RUI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-RUN was dispatched to Samara and reached Ekaterinburg with a delay of 7.5 hours.
Passengers reported some fluid was seen leaking from the left hand engine in flight, the aircraft diverted to Samara where emergency services used water hoses to clean up some leakage off the engine.
The airline reported the crew noticed an increased fuel consumption of the left hand engine in flight, suspected a fuel leak and diverted to Samara.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 31, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
Transaero Airlines
Flight number
UN-9818
Departure
Antalya, Turkey
Destination
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Aircraft Registration
EI-RUI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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