Transaero B738 near Samara on Aug 31st 2014, fuel leaking from left engine

A Transaero Boeing 737-800, registration EI-RUI performing flight UN-9818 from Antalya (Turkey) to Ekaterinburg (Russia) with 156 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 50nm south of Samara (Russia) when the crew decided to divert to Samara due to an unidentified fluid being observed leaking from the left hand engine (CFM56). The aircraft landed safely on Samara's runway 23 about 20 minutes later. Emergency services followed the aircraft to the gate and cleaned up some leakage underneath the left hand engine.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-RUN was dispatched to Samara and reached Ekaterinburg with a delay of 7.5 hours.

Passengers reported some fluid was seen leaking from the left hand engine in flight, the aircraft diverted to Samara where emergency services used water hoses to clean up some leakage off the engine.

The airline reported the crew noticed an increased fuel consumption of the left hand engine in flight, suspected a fuel leak and diverted to Samara.