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

17.06.2020. A Spirit Airbus 321 (A321), performing flight NKS8437 / NK8437 from Fort Lauderdale international airport, FL (USA) to Medellin / Rionegro Jose Maria Cordova international airport, (Colombia), during climb to cruise level reported about fuel leak on left tank, declared emergency and returned back to Fort Lauderdale. The landing was safe and no one was injured.

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: A Spirit Airbus A321 is climbing out of Miami and it will contact Miami Center in a moment.
NKS8437: Miami, good morning, NKS8437, climbing through 11500 to 16000.
CENTER: NKS8437, Miami Center, climb and maintain FL370. That’s gonna be the final?
NKS8437: Climb to FL370 for final, NKS8437.
NKS8437: Miami, NKS8437, we’d like to level off [not clear] and return to Fort Lauderdale.
CENTER: Everybody stand by, NKS8437, maintain FL280 and I understand you want to go back to Fort Lauderdale international.
NKS8437: Yes, we’ll level off at 280. And that’s correct, we’d like to return to Lauderdale.
CENTER: NKS8437, roger, for your return fly… turn left heading 100.
NKS8437: Left turn heading 100, NKS8437. And NKS8437, we are gonna go ahead and declare an emergency. We got a fuel leak on our left tank.
CENTER: Fuel leak left tank for NKS8437, copied.
CENTER: NKS8437, descend and maintain 10000, Lauderdale altimeter is 3006
NKS8437: Descend and maintain 10000 and 3006 the altimeter, NKS8437.
CENTER: NKS8437, when able you’re cleared direct DEKAL and maintain 10000.
NKS8437: Turn DEKAL when able and down to 10000, NKS8437.
CENTER: And NKS8437, as you make a turn, there will be a [not clear] heavy precipitations, 12 o’clock in 18 miles about 10 miles in [not clear] (write in comments).
NKS8437: Roger, NKS8437.
CENTER: And NKS8437, whenever you have a chance, I need a fuel remaining and souls on board.
NKS8437: Miami, NKS8437, we got 7 souls on board and 22000 of fuel.
CENTER: Thank you.
CENTER: And NKS8437, a have [not clear, blocked], say again please.
NKS8437: We have 7 souls on board and 22000 pounds.
CENTER: 22000 pounds, 7 souls, thank you.

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THE VALUE OF THIS VIDEO:
THE MAIN VALUE IS EDUCATION. This reconstruction will be useful for actual or future air traffic controllers and pilots, people who plan to connect life with aviation, who like aviation. With help of this video reconstruction you’ll learn how to use radiotelephony rules, Aviation English language and general English language (for people whose native language is not English) in situation in flight, which was shown. THE MAIN REASON I DO THIS IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY MOVE OF AIRCRAFT.

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Radar screen (In new versions of videos) – Made by author.
Text version of communication – Made by Author.
Video editing - Made by author.

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2) I find communications of ATC unit for the period of time I need.
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5) I make an animation (early couple of videos don’t have animation) of flight path and aircraft, where the aircraft goes on his route.
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7) Together with my comments (voice and text) I edit and make a reconstruction of emergency, non-standard and interesting situation in flight.

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