Friday, August 17, 2012

Plane has fuel leak before landing in Honolulu - @staradvertiser

POSTED: 07:25 p.m. HST, Aug 17, 2012


A go! airlines aircraft en route to Honolulu from Maui experienced a fuel leak minutes before it landed at the Honolulu Airport on Thursday. 

The flight carrying 50 passengers was scheduled to arrive at the airport at 5:10 p.m. Thursday. Caroline Sluyter, spokeswoman of the Department of Transportation, said the pilot reported a fuel leak to the traffic control tower a few minutes before arrival. 

The aircraft safely landed at the airport and passengers were shuttled to the terminal. No injuries were reported. Emergency crews responded as a precaution, said Sluyter.