Berlin A332 near Cologne on Jul 15th 2016, unreliable fuel indication
Last Update: July 20, 2016 / 09:47:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 15, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-6048
Departure
Munich, Germany
Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A passenger reported the crew announced they had an unreliable fuel quantity indication. They were now topping up their fuel and continue to Dusseldorf.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 105 minutes then departed Cologne, climbed to FL070 enroute to Dusseldorf and landed on Dusseldorf's runway 23L about 15 minutes after departure.
Following landing in Dusseldorf the passenger told The Aviation Herald, that the captain made an amended announcement stating that "Wasserpartikel im Tank" (water particles in the fuel tank) had caused the unreliable fuel quantity indication earlier.
On Jul 20th 2016 Germany's BFU reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
According to information The Aviation Herald received, the aircraft was fuelled in Munich and departed with 8 tons of block fuel.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 15, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-6048
Departure
Munich, Germany
Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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