Created Thursday, Jan 28th 2021 23:26Z, last updated Friday, Jan 29th 2021 08:15Z
An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N9022G performing flight
AA-1237 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) to Saint Thomas (US Virgin Islands), was enroute at FL370 about 110nm north of New Orleans,LA (USA) when the crew received indications of a fuel leak on the left hand engine (CFM56), shut the engine down and diverted to New Orleans for a safe landing on runway 11 about 30 minutes later.
A replacement A319-100 registration N709UW is estimated to reach Saint Thomas with a delay of 5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 7 hours after landing.
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