UTAir B735 near Moscow on Feb 13th 2017, fuel leak prompts engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 14, 2017 / 21:45:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-258

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BJL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

A UTAir Boeing 737-500, registration VQ-BJL performing flight UT-258 from Saint Petersburg to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia), was descending through about FL180 towards Vnukovo Airport when the crew detected a fuel leak prompting them to shut an engine (CFM56) down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Vnukovo's runway 24 about 13 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Moscow about 27 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-258

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BJL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

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