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American Airlines MD-83 suffers clogged fuel line

September 24, 2015 By bernard.montrel@gmail.com

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An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N9617R performing flight AA-1218 from Sacramento,CA to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) with 146 people on board, was climbing through FL200 out of Sacramento when the crew decided to return to Sacramento due to a clogged fuel line. The aircraft landed safely in Sacramento about one hour after departure.
The occurrence aircraft received maintenance, was able to depart after about 6.5 hours on the ground and reached Dallas with a delay of 7:15 hours
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: American Airlines, McDonnell-Douglas, MD-83

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