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A321 pilot reported while operating with two fuel system MEL items they developed a third problem enroute. Flight crew elected to divert.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1572087 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Departed with an aircraft with two MEL items on the fuel system; one of which was a level indicator. While in flight; a third fuel system failure came up on ECAM. This third failure required manual manipulation of fuel sources and resulted in fuel imbalance; requiring multiple configuration changes. With that many failures on a critical system we decided in the sake of safety of flight to divert rather than continue to [our destination airport] where thunderstorms were in the area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 pilot reported while operating with two fuel system MEL items they developed a third problem enroute. Flight crew elected to divert.
Narrative: Departed with an aircraft with two MEL items on the fuel system; one of which was a level indicator. While in flight; a third fuel system failure came up on ECAM. This third failure required manual manipulation of fuel sources and resulted in fuel imbalance; requiring multiple configuration changes. With that many failures on a critical system we decided in the sake of safety of flight to divert rather than continue to [our destination airport] where thunderstorms were in the area.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.