ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314632
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 2010 |
| Time: | 00:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-28A |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas Cook Airlines |
| Registration: | G-TCBA |
| MSN: | 28203/802 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4-37 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 233 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Gatwick Airport -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bodrum-Milas Airport (BJV/LTFE) |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft began to leak fuel from the left engine while it was cruising at FL360. The flight crew diagnosed the fuel leak and cross-fed fuel to the left wing to correct the imbalance but the fuel leak continued. The commander made a PAN call and the aircraft was cleared to make an approach to Runway 26L at Gatwick Airport with no speed or altitude constraints, following which the aircraft landed normally.
Subsequent investigation by the operator’s maintenance engineers traced the source of the fuel leak to a pipe coupling at the HP fuel pump on the left engine. Further detailed investigation into the fuel leak was not possible as the seals removed from the aircraft were discarded, rather than being retained as is required by the operator’s engineering organisation’s procedures.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ENG10WA059
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 2010 | G-TCBA | Thomas Cook Airlines | 0 | Turin |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2023 19:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 05-Jun-2023 12:19 | harro | Updated |
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