Checking Reliability Record for a particular aircraft.

martin1372

I am due to go to court v Thomas Cook on 31/10/13. I am still awaiting the engineers report from the defending solicitor.
The aircraft was a Boeing 757-28A registration G-TCBA. Does anyone know of obtaining reliability data on a particular aircraft?

111KAB

Tuesday, Dec 6th 2011 14:51Z

A Thomas Cook Boeing 757-200, registration G-TCBA performing flight MT-6125 from Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia,CI (Spain) to Newcastle,EN (UK) with 228 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Tenerife when the crew reported smoke in the cabin and diverted to Lanzarote for a safe landing.
The passengers were taken to hotels and are estimated to reach Newcastle during Sunday (Nov 13th).

Spain's CIAIAC reported that during the flight cabin crew became aware of a burning smell and slight haze in the rear cabin. Actions were taken regarding cabin lighting, however, the smell/haze did not disappear prompting the diversion to Lanzarote. The passengers disembarked normally, a subsequent inspection did not find any technical problem.

Oct 26th 2010 09:30Z

A Thomas Cook Boeing 757-200, registration G-TCBA performing flight MT-571 from Bodrum (Turkey) to London Gatwick, EN (UK), was still enroute at FL360 when the crew diagnosed a fuel leak from the left hand engine (RB211). The crew opened the cross feed, the fuel imbalance however persisted, therefore the crew declared PAN. The crew continued for a safe landing at London Gatwick's runway 26L.
The NTSB reported that maintenance traced the fuel leak to a pipe coupling at the high pressure fuel pump outlet of the left hand engine. The British AAIB is investigating.

A Thomas Cook UK Boeing 757-200, registration G-TCBA performing flight MT-127L from Turin (Italy) to Birmingham,EN (UK) with 231 people on board, was climbing out of Turin, when fuel was noticed leaking from the right hand wing prompting the crew to return to Turin for a safe landing about 30 minutes after departure.

There are no doubt a considerable greater number of incidents however very few problems are ever reported. If your plane had a fuel leak problem it appears prone to these. You should however stick to the technical aspect ie a technical problem is common with this and all aircraft and indeed is not an extraordinary circumstance. Do not try and get into a technical argument as you are not, I presume, an expert in this field.