“Fuel is going down pretty quick”. Suspected fuel leak | Endeavor CRJ-900 | New York, Real ATC

THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:

21-JUN-2022. An Endeavor Air Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 (CRJ9), registration N902XJ, performing flight EDV5321 / 9E5321 from New York LaGuardia Airport, NY (USA) to Roanoke Regional Airport, VA (USA) during climb, at 15000 feet, reported suspected fuel leak, decided to divert to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY, (USA) and declared an emergency.

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PART OF TEXT VERSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT I'M ABLE TO INCLUDE HERE. Do you want more? Write in comments and I'll give you remaining part of text communications (Read if subtitles in video were fast):

COMMENTS: Endeavor 5321 is climbing out of LaGuardia. In a moment they will contact controller.
EDV5321: …5321, 12000 climbing 15000.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, New York, maintain 15000 direct to LANNA.
EDV5321: 15000, direct LANNA, Endeavor 5321.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, climb and maintain 17000.
EDV5321: 17000, Endeavor 5321.
EDV5321: And Center, Endeavor 5321.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor… Say again, for Endeavor 5321.
EDV5321: We've got a suspected fuel leak. We’d like to go to Kennedy immediately.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, roger, descend and maintain 11000 for now. Reduce speed to 250 knots.
EDV5321: 11000, 250 on the speed, Endeavor 5321.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, are you gonna declare an emergency or you just wanna return to Kennedy?
EDV5321: We’re gonna try to get to Kennedy… Yeah, we’re gonna declare an emergency. It’s going down pretty quick, Endeavor 5321.
DEPARTURE: Roger.
EDV5321: We’re turning right direct Kennedy, 5321.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, roger.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, do you wanna take a left direct to Kennedy.
EDV5321: I’m already in the turn.
DEPARTURE: Roger.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, maintain 13000, proceed direct to Kennedy.
EDV5321: 13000, direct Kennedy, Endeavor 5321.
DEPARTURE: Endeavor 5321, when you get a chance, souls on board and fuel.
EDV5321: 5321, currently we’ve got 7300 pounds and…
EDV5321: 36 souls on board.
DEPARTURE: 36 souls and you said it was a fuel leak?
EDV5321: Yeah, suspected fuel leak. We had a caution message on takeoff. And then we were watching our fuel deplete as we were climbing out.
DEPARTURE: Roger.
EDV5321: Endeavor 5321, contact New York 128.12.
DEPARTURE: 28.12, Endeavor 5321, see ya.
EDV5321: New York, hello, Endeavor 5321, level 13000, heading direct Kennedy.
APPROACH: Endeavor 5321, New York, the Kennedy altimeter is 3014, you’re cleared to Kennedy via radar vectors. Fly heading 120.
EDV5321: 3014, 120, Endeavor 5321.
APPROACH: Endeavor 5321, expect RNAV X RW 22L approach.
EDV5321: Endeavor 5321, copy.
APPROACH: Endeavor 5321, understand it’s a suspected fuel leak? How… How urgent is your return to the airport?
EDV5321: Yeah, we’ve got, probably, if the leak doesn't continue, we got about an hour of fuel.

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[lordofentropy]

Dude, the guy mostly working the radio on the plane sounds like it's TTS of the transcript lol. His consistency in cadence, tone, and just overall enunciation is amazing.

[jonathankleinow]

"We have 36 souls and 7300 on the fuel. Wait, 7200... 7100... standby"

[mungairhesa]

Damn. The readbacks are so clear and concise.

[bd]

Even emergency aircraft don't want to go back to LaGuardia LOL

Also, I liked how the plane had an hour of fuel at the first request, and then an hour and half of fuel by the second request! LOL

[basketballspinner]

in august of 2018, Sky King, Richard Russell said that same thing as he was flying the Dash-8 around the state of Washington. He said,
“I gotta stop looking at the fuel, cuz, its going down, ‘quik’”

[stureid]

Really excellent pilot/ATC communications - best I've heard.

[dianericciardistewart]

As always, glad to hear safely back on the ground. Kudos to all -- great comms from all. Nice presentation and graphics!! 👍✈✈👍

[CasaVoid]

Everyone involved was excellent on the radio, much better than we normally hear. Clear, good enunciation, getting the info across quickly without speaking too fast to be understood.

[sarahalbers]

Textbook communications here. Thanks for this!

[MikeyDee.]

CRJ 700-900 have the worst fuel panel. I’ve added 3000 lbs of fuel to these and literally watched the gauge never move. I’ve also had them jump 3000 lbs after adding 135 gallons. I used to keep buckets under the wings of the 100 back in the 1990s because they spilled fuel every time.

[sreed]

What I don't get is, if they had a fuel leak "highly flammable jet fuel" bad enough to trigger alarms and be visible on the gauges, why when they landed and were asked about assistance they respond with "not at this
I think stopping on the runway and shutting down would have been prudent, considering the hot engines and brakes with a leak you have no idea of its location. Having the rescue guys check it too right?

[davidewersphotography]

these pilots were so professional, it was k like having a flat on your car

[tomriley]

Just wondering, if you've got a fuel leak do you really want the plane taxiing accross the airport dribbling fuel?

[d]

Why not opting for Newark which was the closet option?

[paddyohenry]

The lack of a turn from the NY controller after the emergency declaration was poor. The other approach controllers' and the Endeavor pilots' comms were super sharp though.

[laustinspace]

Uninformed question: at 15000ft, an hour thirty fuel reserve, LGA marginal flying distance from Kennedy, why not fly a reciprocal course back to base

[bman-xyyh]

Do you have the comms of the emergency from flight AA925 yesterday?

[wolfig]

Possible fuel leak, no aircraft inspection, no runway inspection, taxi around at JFK, what's going on?

[Ztbmrc]

Is this the fuel leakage that we saw video footage of, just the other day? And there we had it again: they were asked twice by two different controllers to give the amount of souls and fuel on board. Suggestion: develop a system, where it is possible for the controller that gets that information, he/she can type it in the system, and it is than immediately added to the radar label of the plane on all radar screens, including that of the tower. So all next controllers can read the required info, and the pilot do not need to be bothered more with asking it over and over. And maybe even better: send the entered data of souls and fuel (and hazmats) right away to the airport fire departments so they have that info as well. Technically this should be no problem I guess...

[wouldntyouliketoknow]

evidently fuel was leaking INTO the tanks from outside because they went from having an hour of fuel at initial emergency declaration to an hour and a half of fuel by the time they landed.