Saudia A320 near Cairo on Apr 17th 2015, suspected fuel leak

Last Update: April 17, 2015 / 20:42:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SV-167

Aircraft Registration
HZ-ASG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration HZ-ASG performing flight SV-167 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 107 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 70nm southeast of Cairo (Egypt) when the crew reported a possible fuel leak and decided to divert to Cairo where the aircraft landed safely.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Cairo.

The flight is estimated to reach Frankfurt the following day with a delay of 16 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SV-167

Aircraft Registration
HZ-ASG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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