Plane aborts takeoff after fuel leak stops engine
An Amakusa Airline flight aborted a takeoff at Fukuoka Airport on Saturday after its right engine cut out--apparently due to a fuel leak--while the plane was accelerating down the runway.
The plane was traveling at about 100 kph when the pilot noticed the right engine had failed, and made an emergency stop. None of the 15 passengers and crew members onboard Flight AMX 102, a Bombardier DHC-8 Q100 aircraft bound for Amakusa Airport in Kumamoto Prefecture, were injured in the incident at about 8:45 a.m.
The aircraft then taxied to an apron, where it was checked while firefighting personnel looked on, the airline company and airport officials said. A small amount of fuel had leaked from the engine on the right wing, which apparently caused the engine to cut out.
The company uses the aircraft on three routes between Amakusa and Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Matsuyama. It canceled all of the plane's flights and will investigate the cause of the incident.
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