A cabin attendant reports an airbus 300-600 in cruise with a suspected large fuel leak diverted. Found fuel quantity indication problem.

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Attributes
ACN	567425
Time
Date	200211
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zny.artcc
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 10 flight attendant time total : 12 flight attendant time type : 30
ASRS Report	567425
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : left tank fuel qty indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Approximately 45 min after takeoff, at an altitude of FL330, the captain phoned me and stated that an indicator light in the cockpit and the fuel gauge for the left wing fuel tank showed the tank to be rapidly losing fuel, nearing empty. He asked me to proceed to door 3L and make a visual check out of the window to see whether I could detect a vapor trail or contrail of the leak. I could not. The captain deemed the situation serious enough to turn back to jfk, but stated no evacuate/evacuation would be necessary. We landed safely, without incident or injury, and changed aircraft and continued on with our trip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS AN AIRBUS 300-600 IN CRUISE WITH A SUSPECTED LARGE FUEL LEAK DIVERTED. FOUND FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION PROB.

Narrative: APPROX 45 MIN AFTER TKOF, AT AN ALT OF FL330, THE CAPT PHONED ME AND STATED THAT AN INDICATOR LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT AND THE FUEL GAUGE FOR THE L WING FUEL TANK SHOWED THE TANK TO BE RAPIDLY LOSING FUEL, NEARING EMPTY. HE ASKED ME TO PROCEED TO DOOR 3L AND MAKE A VISUAL CHK OUT OF THE WINDOW TO SEE WHETHER I COULD DETECT A VAPOR TRAIL OR CONTRAIL OF THE LEAK. I COULD NOT. THE CAPT DEEMED THE SIT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO TURN BACK TO JFK, BUT STATED NO EVAC WOULD BE NECESSARY. WE LANDED SAFELY, WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY, AND CHANGED ACFT AND CONTINUED ON WITH OUR TRIP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.