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Frontier flight diverts to Indianapolis after fuel issue

Posted at 5:31 AM, Dec 05, 2016
and last updated 2016-12-05 07:38:12-05

INDIANAPOLIS -- A Frontier flight destined for Palm Beach, Florida was diverted to land in Indianapolis just before midnight Sunday after an issue with its fuel system.

The flight, Frontier FFT1334, was scheduled to take off from Chicago O'Hare at 4:55 p.m. Sunday, but didn't depart until six hours later.

On the way to Palm Beach, the pilot had to declare an emergency, and diverted to Indianapolis.

There were 205 passengers and seven crew members on board.

According to Frontier, the fuel wasn't transferring into the wing tank.

The problem appears to have been fixed. The plane took off from Indianapolis just after 4 a.m. Monday, landing in Palm Beach at 6:12 a.m.