WN3062 - Incident: Southwest B737 near Pittsburgh on Jul 9th 2023
Created Tuesday, Jul 11th 2023 09:06Z, last updated Tuesday, Jul 11th 2023 09:06Z
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N218WN performing flight WN-3062 from New York La Guardia,NY to Denver,CO (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 70nm east of Pittsburgh,PA (USA) when the crew initiated a diversion to Pittsburgh due to a suspected fuel leak at the left hand tank. The aircraft landed safely on Pittsburgh's runway 28R about 30 minutes after leaving FL360.
A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N7867A continued the flight and reached Denver with a delay of about 5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 21 hours after landing in Pittsburgh.
Source: The Aviation Herald