Cathay B773 near Minsk on Jul 11th 2016, suspected fuel leak
Last Update: July 12, 2016 / 19:24:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 11, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-270
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-KQY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Minsk 27 hours after landing.
A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration B-KQT positioned from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Minsk as flight CX-256 and arrived in Hong Kong still as flight CX-256 with a delay of 13 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 11, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-270
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-KQY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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