American B772 near Tokyo on Jun 9th 2015, fuel leak

Last Update: June 9, 2015 / 15:19:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fuel leak

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-183

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
N781AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N781AN performing flight AA-183 (dep Jun 8th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Shanghai Pudong (China) with 238 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 150nm northeast of Tokyo (Japan) when the crew noticed a possible fuel leak from the left hand engine (Trent 895) and decided to divert to Tokyo Narita for a safe landing on runway 34L about 40 minutes later. Emergency services reported a fuel spill from the left hand engine, the left hand engine was shut down on the runway which stopped the fuel leak.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft stopped on the runway, the runway was closed for 50 minutes until the aircraft had been towed off the runway and the runway had been cleaned from the fuel spill.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N780AN departed Tokyo about 2.5 hours after landing and reached Shanghai with a delay of 3 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fuel leak

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-183

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
N781AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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