United B763 near Athens on Sep 30th 2016, passengers observe fuel leak

Last Update: September 30, 2016 / 22:38:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 30, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-125

Departure
Athens, Greece

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
N674UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N674UA performing flight UA-125 from Athens (Greece) to Newark,NJ (USA) with 209 passengers and 11 crew, was enroute at FL320 about 180nm northwest of Athens when passengers observed fluid coming off the left hand wing and informed cabin crew, who in turn informed the flight deck. The crew decided to return to Athens, dumped fuel and landed safely about 2 hours after departure.

Passengers reported after spotting the fluid off the left hand wing and notifying the flight attendants, a pilot walked out of the cockpit and looked at the left hand wing, then returned to the cockpit. The captain asked whether somebody had taken a video of the leak.
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 30, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-125

Departure
Athens, Greece

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
N674UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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