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United Airlines grounded a flight after passengers witness jet fuel gushing from the wing
Clearer video of the #united #gasleak. How not one crew member saw this is beyond me. Thank god we were lookin out the window at take off. United Airlines was forced to cancel a Venice, Italy-bound flight after the plane suffered a massive fuel leak while waiting to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport. Video captured by a passenger on board the Boeing 767-300 shows fuel gushing from its left wing. (finance.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's just fuel venting from the vents during fueling ops. It's more common than most people realize. The amounts of the vents however, aren't that common. That one looks pretty large. Could be a number of reasons that happened, one very common one is summer heat. We had one a week during the summer. You can't always fuel to wing capacity during the summer due to expansion. We usually stopped 300-400 lbs short of known capacity. Can always make up the difference in the center tank or an aux tank (if equipped).
What about the van in the background, who slows down, stops, and then drives away quickly?
I reported a fuel leak on the wing of a 737 once (while in flight). The captain came to my seat to do an inspection. It was not a large leak like in the article. It appeared to be a compromised seal at the top of the wing. The captain thanked me for reporting it, made some comment that it didn't look dangerous but that he'd have it looked at upon landing.
Hey folks, anybody one who sees something questionable on my bird, bring attention to the issue. All occuments can be crew members.
How about if anybody one didn't see anything, but anybody two did?
What is an occument?