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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) Plus d'info...
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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.
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?
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)
