{"id":335791,"date":"2026-09-02T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335791\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:04:09","slug":"air-china-boeing-747-grounded-in-new-york-following-gate-refuelling-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335791\/","title":{"rendered":"Air China Boeing 747 grounded in New York following gate refuelling incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Boeing 747-8 operated by Air China<\/a> reportedly suffered a fuel leak at New York\u2019s John F. Kennedy International Airport early on Monday, forcing cancellation of the flight.<\/p>\n

No injuries were reported in or around the aircraft, which was expected to operate flight CA982 from New York to Beijing that day. The leak is said to have occurred between 1am and 2am while the plane was parked at the gate, according to posts on Chinese social media.<\/p>\n

\"PhotosPhotos shared online appear to show airport personnel inspecting the aircraft\u2019s fuel ports and refuelling equipment. Photo: Weibo<\/p>\n

It was being refuelled when the fuel truck moved away with two hosepipes still connected to the plane, damaging the fuel ports and spilling fuel onto the tarmac, according to a post on Shanghai Observer, a social media outlet of the Jiefang Daily, and a video circulating on other social media platforms.<\/p>\n

The SCMP has not independently verified the video.<\/p>\n

Photos shared online appeared to show airport personnel inspecting the aircraft\u2019s fuel ports and refuelling equipment, as well as cleaning up what appears to be fuel on the ground.<\/p>\n

Several passengers who said they were booked on the flight posted a cancellation notice they said came from Air China. It attributed the cancellation to \u201cfuel guarantee\u201d, apparently referring to arrangements to refuel the aircraft.<\/p>\n

\"PersonnelPersonnel examine the site. Passengers were told hours after the expected take-off time that their flight to Beijing was cancelled. Photo: Weibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Boeing 747-8 operated by Air China reportedly suffered a fuel leak at New York\u2019s John F. Kennedy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[126187,126188,7440,122040,126189,126191,5517,1185,9,11,10,126186,126190],"class_list":["post-335791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-air-china","tag-aviation-safety-network","tag-beijing","tag-boeing","tag-boeing-747-8","tag-fuel-leak","tag-jfk","tag-john-f-kennedy-international-airport","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-shanghai-observer","tag-umetrip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}