Created Monday, Feb 8th 2021 22:06Z, last updated Monday, Feb 8th 2021 22:06Z
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N843NN performing flight
AA-299 from Miami,FL (USA) to Montego Bay (Jamaica) with 67 people on board, was climbing to 16,000 feet out of Miami when the crew stopped the climb at 12,000 feet due to suspicion of a fuel leak. The fuel leak indications stopped, the crew continued to climb but again stopped at about FL190. The crew declared emergency reporting a fuel imbalance and a potential fuel leak on the right wing, when they were climbing they were losing fuel, on descending they didn't lose any fuel, it was an obvious fuel leak. The crew requested runway 09 and landed safely on runway 09 about 35 minutes after departure.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N884NN reached Montego Bay with a delay of 4.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 53 hours after landing.
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