Thomas Cook 757 'Lost' a Ton of Fuel

[TiiberiusKirk]

Thomas Cook 757 lost a ton of fuel - thats some leak!
BBC News - Thomas Cook jet landed safely after leak, says report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13065305)

Couldn't they shut-down an engine/turn-off a fuel pump?

Or possibly was this event like the Air Transat Flight 236 where the pilots didn't believe the fuel figures they were seeing, until flame-out?

[The Nr Fairy]

Can't answer the question directly, but the report from the AAIB is here (http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/april_2011/boeing_757_28a__g_tcba.cfm).

[aviatorhi]

You'd have to diagnose where the leak was coming from in order to confidently do any sort of shutdown, since the routing on this flight was almost entirely over land with good airports along the entire route of flying I see no problem in just correcting the imbalance and continuing, would have done the same myself. If the situation got progressivly worse there were only dozens of possible places to land within 30 minutes. A ton of fuel is not that much, I've had more drastic overburns (not leaks) in 727s.

[DJ77]

I see no problem in just correcting the imbalance and continuing, would have done the same myself


Of course, if you don't fear all that fuel leaking around a live engine eventually catch fire...

[Meikleour]

Aviatorhi: I suggest you re-read the A330 AZORES incident! All Fuel Imbalance procedures that I am familiar with tell you to not do the procedure if a leak is apparent or suspected.