THY B739 near Tunis on Oct 31st 2015, fuel pump failure
Last Update: November 1, 2015 / 15:49:17 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 31, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-679
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Yaounde, Cameroon
Aircraft Registration
TC-JYD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
The aircraft, that was scheduled to fly the round trip TK-679 Istanbul-Yaounde-Douala-Istanbul remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then departed Tunis for its second destination Douala (Cameroon), continued to Yaounde reaching Yaounde with a delay of 5:15 hours and returned to Istanbul arriving with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 31, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-679
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Yaounde, Cameroon
Aircraft Registration
TC-JYD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
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