Boeing 757 incident near Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, Gb, June 12, 2010
On June 12, 2010, a Boeing 757, registered GTCBA, was involved in an incident near Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom (Gatwick Airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 12, 2010
- Place
- Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, United Kingdom · Gatwick Airport
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757 28A · all 757s on the register
- Registration
- GTCBA · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
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: enquiries@aaib.gov.uk 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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Operator: Thomas Cook Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: BJV Milas-Bodrum Ai
- Destination: LGW Gatwick Airport
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under GTCBA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.