# NTSB DCA10WA040: Boeing 727, Torino, Italy, February 21, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 21, 2010
- Place: Torino, Italy
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 239 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA, The Boeing Company
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75535
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75535/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA040

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On February 21, 2010, a Thomas Cook Boeing 757-200, registration G-TCBA, experienced an uncommanded fuel dump during initial climb after takeoff from Turin International Airport (LIMF), Torino, Italy. There were no injuries to the 8 crew members and 231 passengers onboard, and the airplane was not damaged. The flight’s intended destination was Birmingham International Airport (EGBB), Birmingham, United Kingdom. The investigation is being conducted by the Italian Agenzia nazionale per la sicurezza del volo (ANSV). The NTSB has assigned an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the Country of Manufacture and Design of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-TCBA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727 (200)
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Thomas Cook Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LIMF
- Destination: EGBB
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LIMF, Turin International Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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