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2009/02/17

Chinese Boeing Suffers Oil/Gas Leak, Emergency Landing


Pictured: a Shenzhen Airlines Boeing 737
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What: Shenzhen Airlines Boeing 737 flight ZH9852 en route from Beijing to south China's Shenzhen city
Where: emergency landing in northeastern China -- at the Zhengzhou airport
When: Monday Feb 16 at 3:45 p.m
Who: 119 passengers, no injuries.
Why: After the crew discovered the left engine was leaking [oil], the jet to make an emergency landing. However, a news report stated that the cause of the fuel leak was an engine seal ring. There is no word on what caused the [oil] leak.

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