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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 2004 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-3CQ |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas Cook Airlines |
| Registration: | G-JMAB |
| MSN: | 32242/963 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 289 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airfield (LYS/LFLL) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
| Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airfield (LYS/LFLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Thomas Cook flight TCX235, a Boeing 757-300, G-JMAB, collided with a pole while taxiing to stand C41. The aircraft suffered severe damage that took the aircraft out of service about 2 months and damage was estimated at 5 million euros worth.
Sources:
https://www.iata.org/contentassets/4d18cb077c5e419b8a888d387a50c638/iata-safety-report-2004.pdf
https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-116803.html
BEA
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/206839 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 August 2007 | G-JMAB | Thomas Cook Airlines | 0 | Faro Airport |  |
unk |
| 12 December 2007 | G-JMAB | Thomas Cook Airlines | 0 | Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) |  |
min |
| 31 October 2014 | G-JMAB | Thomas Cook Airlines | 0 | over Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | |
min |
| 27 August 2021 | UR-AZO | Azur Air Ukraine | 0 | over Mediterranean Sea |  |
non |
| Loss of pressurization | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2025 00:33 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 16-Oct-2025 00:39 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 16-Oct-2025 06:16 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, ] |
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