Created Thursday, Aug 24th 2023 19:21Z, last updated Thursday, Aug 24th 2023 19:21Z
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N979AN performing flight AA-1787 from Washington National,DC to Orlando,FL (USA), was enroute at FL300 about 60nm east of Raleigh/Durham,NC (USA) when the crew suspected a fuel leak and decided to divert to Raleigh where the aircraft landed safely on runway 05L about 25 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N943NN reached Orlando with a delay of about 9 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 9 hours on the ground in Raleigh.

Related Flight: AA1787, American Airlines News
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