El Al B738 near Budapest on Jul 29th 2012, fuel system problem

Last Update: July 30, 2012 / 10:42:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-333

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An El Al Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKB performing flight LY-333 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Brussels (Belgium) with 121 passengers and 8 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 170nm south of Budapest (Hungary) still in Serbian Airspace near Belgrade, when the crew reported problems with their fuel system and decided to divert to Budapest. On approach to Budapest the crew declared emergency reporting they had 7.2 tons of fuel on board however could not use 3.8 tons from the right hand fuel tank. The aircraft landed safely on runway 31R about 26 minutes after leaving FL340. Runway 31R was subsequently not available, other aircraft on finals to Budapest were instructed to swing over to runway 31L.

Following repairs of a malfunctioning fuel valve the aircraft was able to continue after about 6:45 hours later and reached Brussels with a delay of 7 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-333

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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