Qantas A388 near Sydney on Jun 29th 2017, engine oil leak
Last Update: June 29, 2017 / 21:47:36 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 29, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-93
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
VH-OQH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
The airline reported the crew reduced the engine to idle after an engine oil leak was detected.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart again after about 2:45 hours on the ground and reached Los Angeles with a delay of about 5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 29, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-93
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
VH-OQH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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