WestJet flight 1709 returned to McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, and made an emergency landing at around 3:31 p.m. on September 25.

The flight, on its way from Las Vegas to Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, was returned after the crew suspected a fuel leak in the Boeing 737 aircraft.

The plane landed uneventfully and all 126 people aboard remained unhurt.

According to WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer, the examination of the aircraft confirmed that there was no leak.

The flight again departed at 6 p.m.

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