American B773 over Pacific on Oct 11th 2016, fuel leak
Last Update: October 17, 2016 / 22:11:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 11, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-73
Departure
Los Angeles, United States
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
N736AT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
A passenger reported the captain announced about 2 hours into the flight that they didn't have enough fuel to make it to Sydney, so they were returning to Los Angeles. The aircraft taxied to the apron, but shut the engines down and was towed into the gate.
The flight was cancelled.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 11, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-73
Departure
Los Angeles, United States
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
N736AT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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