Boeing 757 GTCBA

Summary

On 12 June 2010 at about 00:45 local time, a Boeing 757 registered GTCBA, operated by Thomas Cook Airlines, was involved in an incident near Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 June 2010 at 00:45

Classification

Incident

Location

Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Nearest airport

Gatwick Airport (LGW)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 757

Registration

GTCBA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Thomas Cook Airlines

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Milas-Bodrum Ai → Gatwick Airport

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG10WA059

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 12, 2010, at about 0045 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Thomas Cook Airlines Boeing 757-28A, registration number G-TCBA, while cruising at FL360, experienced a fuel leak from the left engine, a Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4-37 turbofan engine. The flight crew diagnosed the fuel leak and cross-fed fuel to correct the imbalance; however, the fuel leak persisted. The captain declared a PAN call and the airplane was cleared to make an approach to Runway 26L at London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom. The airplane made an uneventful landing and no injuries were reported. The flight was a scheduled flight from Milas-Bodrum Airport, Turkey, to London Gatwick Airport. Subsequent investigation by the operator's maintenance engineers traced the source of the fuel leak to a pipe coupling at the high pressure fuel pump outlet on the left engine. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot Hants GU11 2HH United Kingdom Tel.: (44) 1252 510300 (44) 171 890 5999 (after hours) E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (44) 1252 376999 AFTN: EGGCYLYX Telex: 858119 ACCINV G Website: http://www.dft.gov.uk This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of United Kingdom.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.