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Fuel leak forces United flight from Newark to make emergency landing
A flight headed from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo made an emergency landing in Rochester on Sunday due to a fuel leak, officials said. Pilots aboard GoJetAirlines flight 4583 operating as United Express “encountered a possible fuel imbalance” and decided to divert to Greater Rochester International Airport, about 60 miles east of the plane’s destination, United said in a statement. (www.nj.com) Altro...
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Left Newark at 4:26 and was due in Buffalo at 5:44 but Landed in Rochester at 7:10?? So they stayed in the air an extra 1hr 24 minutes with a possible fuel leak??? Can somone explain why they didnʻt just make a normal landing in Buffalo at that point.
A Perfect Example of Clueless Journalism... The statement "The cause of the leak in one of the plane’s wings wasn’t immediately clear." Geez... they automatically assume the wing was leaking... I mean really... There is more than one place for Fuel To Leak From! DOH! and as expected "the wing was not leaking!
Well, they did mention a fuel imbalance. Cause enough for concern.
What I thought was funny was the divert from KBUF to KRST (Rochester). Weather?
I've ridden my bike that far.
What I thought was funny was the divert from KBUF to KRST (Rochester). Weather?
I've ridden my bike that far.
ROC is Rochester, NY.
Unless they really did mean RST……..I’d be looking for a new crew or maybe an older one!
It was correct... It was ROC (Rockchester)
Yeah... Enough for Concern, and it was a Fuel Problem... Just no research on behalf of the reporter... The emergency did exist, but the wing was not leaking!
Interesting that for a :35 (230) nm trip EWR - ROC depending on when the divert occurred the elapsed time was 2:36 according to the article? And an emergency to boot. I mean it’s only a :55 minute flight to BUF?
