Oman B738 near Mumbai on Dec 28th 2015, fuel leak

Last Update: December 30, 2015 / 16:21:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Oman Air

Flight number
WY-374

Destination
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
A4O-BH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Oman Air Boeing 737-800, registration A4O-BH performing flight WY-374 from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Muscat (Oman) with 76 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 130nm west of Mumbai (India) when the crew received indications of a possible fuel leak and decided to divert to Mumbai, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 09 about 20 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 10.5 hours, then continued the journey and reached Muscat with a total delay of 14 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Oman Air

Flight number
WY-374

Destination
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
A4O-BH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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