Created Wednesday, Mar 17th 2021 22:31Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 17th 2021 22:31Z
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N843NN performing flight
AA-2514 from Miami,FL to Denver,CO (USA) with 159 people on board, was climbing out of Miami's runway 08R when the crew requested to level off at 11,000 feet to work on a potential fuel issue. While maintaining 11,000 feet the crew declared emergency reporting they suspected a fuel leak on the right hand engine (CFM56), requested runway 08R for the return. The crew requested delay vectors to burn off some fuel. The crew verified emergency services were on stand by and advised they didn't expect anything. The aircraft positioned for the ILS approach to runway 08R and landed safely about 40 minutes after departure. The aircraft vacated the runway and requested emergency services to check for a possible fuel leak at their right hand side.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N949NN reached Denver with a delay of about 4 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 73 hours after landing back.
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