Ryanair aircraft in emergency landing after bird strike

I have been talking to an Iberia pilot, and he had only praises for the crew. I don´t know if he has was exagerating with the applauses, but told me that they a chance out of hundred of landing safely. Could be it be true?.

The other side, is media……..only complaining about cancelations, no a single word about the accident, and the technical skills involved. 😮

They must of been some big birds!! Bit of a mess really, but on a postive note at least theres no major injuires..

Rick

Tell that to the birds 😀

James

Quote: On the downside, completed some coursework last night about low cost carrier safety, and this has screwed up my statistics!

Aviation should not be your subject with such crass statements.
The pilots did a magnificant job and saved many lives after hitting what seems to be a huge flock of birds.Double engine ingestion and what appears to be an aborted go-around. The hard landing resulting in landing gear damage.The pilots must have been of the highest calibre to make such a split second decision.
What has this to do with low cost?Maybe you will become a journo.

What? I wasn’t making a ‘crass statement’, I was just saying it messed up my statistics because it increased the amount of incidents involving Ryanair, even though it wasn’t through any fault of theirs. Well done for reading into something that wasn’t even there.

Oh, and become a ‘journo’? Already am one!

A couple of points, the plane did not do a ‘go round’

Actually, it seems a GA was attempted but following birds being ingested into the No.2 engine as well, and the resultant loss of power, this was quickly aborted…

-Dazza

Quote: On the downside, completed some coursework last night about low cost carrier safety, and this has screwed up my statistics!

Aviation should not be your subject with such crass statements.
The pilots did a magnificant job and saved many lives after hitting what seems to be a huge flock of birds.Double engine ingestion and what appears to be an aborted go-around. The hard landing resulting in landing gear damage.The pilots must have been of the highest calibre to make such a split second decision.
What has this to do with low cost?Maybe you will become a journo.

Not entirely sure a go around is even possible on no engines. :p

Unless you’ve got a good thermal.;)

Looks like the crew did an excellent job in the circumstances, and brilliant to hear there were no major injuries (birds excepted).:)

Not entirely sure a go around is even possible on no engines. :p

A couple of points, the plane did not do a ‘go round’ and yes, the top of the wing has been damaged by the undercarriage collapse.

Good to hear no fatalities.

On the downside, completed some coursework last night about low cost carrier safety, and this has screwed up my statistics!

In fact it makes me fly more safely with them. Fantastic trainning. Not easy to land a crippled aircraft safely. FR figures are good anyway. 🙂

In fact it was a double engine failure. I have been reading some italian newspapers and it was a huge of flocks. Ciampino is particularly dangerous for that in autumn as flocks of birds coming from North Europe flee to the south. So they had a multiple hit, marks all over. One engine failed and tried to go round, so the other was lost too.

The nose pitched down and the crew fought to control de plane. The touch down with both engines off was violent so one undercarriage collapsed. These Ryanair guys have just made a fantastic job.

I fly regularly to CIA from SCQ and, I didn´t suspected it was a particularly tricky one. I wonder why they don´t have any ultrasonic device to prevent this happen. So after applauses and praises to the crew, I want to ask….who is the responsible for that?. Faulty information by the ATC to the crew, Ryanair for operating in an airport which can cope with this problem, or simple Italian Airports, for not making their very best to avoid this to happen. One thing is a bird strike cause it´s unavoidable and other is a huge flock passing by the landing path.

Looking at the picture on the BBC website I’m wondering if the port gear has been pushed up through the wing.
Similarities to the BA 777 at LHR in terms of damage to that area perhaps?

Good to hear no fatalities.

On the downside, completed some coursework last night about low cost carrier safety, and this has screwed up my statistics!

Reg is EI-DYG.

Cheers

They must of been some big birds!! Bit of a mess really, but on a postive note at least theres no major injuires..

I used Ryan Air again at the weekend.. once again…. perfect flight, ontime etc.. 10/10!

Anyone got the reg of the plane??

Rick

Reg is EI-DYG.

Never heard of bird strikes affecting undercarriage deployment? Does the aircraft look as though it is way to the left of the runway?

Or maybe due to the engine failure the pilot has come in far too fast putting extended stain on the left gear… ??

Was it Engine Number 1 which failed?

Rick

They must of been some big birds!! Bit of a mess really, but on a postive note at least theres no major injuires..

I used Ryan Air again at the weekend.. once again…. perfect flight, ontime etc.. 10/10!

Anyone got the reg of the plane??

Rick

Never heard of bird strikes affecting undercarriage deployment?:confused: Does the aircraft look as though it is way to the left of the runway?

Picture of the aircraft with mulitple bird strike marks.

http://www.ryanair.com/site/notices/images/aircraftFR4102.jpg