G31709 - Incident: Gol B738 near Teresina on Jun 4th 2023
Created Monday, Jun 5th 2023 16:00Z, last updated Wednesday, Jun 14th 2023 18:49Z
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GTM performing flight G3-1709 from Fortaleza,CE to Brasilia,DF (Brazil), was enroute at FL330 about 160nm south of Teresina,PI (Brazil) when the crew decided to divert to Teresina reporting a suspected fuel leak. The aircraft landed safely on Teresina's runway 20 about 25 minutes after leaving FL330.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration PR-GGN reached Brasilia with a delay of about 8.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Teresina about 18 hours after landing.
Brazil's CENIPA reported the crew detected a discrepancy in the amount of fuel between the main tanks, shut the right hand engine (CFM56) down as a precaution and diverted to Teresina.
Source: The Aviation Herald · #G31709 on X