KLM B738 at Lisbon on Apr 2nd 2016, engine shut down in flight due to fuel leak

Last Update: April 2, 2016 / 20:38:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 2, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-1696

Aircraft Registration
PH-BXL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A KLM Boeing 737-800, registration PH-BXL performing flight KL-1696 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 176 people on board, was climbing out of Lisbon when the crew declared PAN reporting a fuel leak on the left hand engine (CFM56) and stopped the climb at about FL280. The crew shut the engine down and returned to Lisbon for a safe landing on runway 21 about 45 minutes later.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
PH-BXL
Country of Registration
Netherlands
Date of Registration
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Airworthyness Category
Legal Basis
Manufacturer
The Boeing Company
Aircraft Model / Type
737-800
ICAO Aircraft Type
B738
Year of Manufacture
Serial Number
Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
Engine Count
Engine
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Engine Type
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 2, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-1696

Aircraft Registration
PH-BXL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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