Ryanair Flight 4102
 EI-DYG, the aircraft involved in the accident at Orio al Serio International Airport in July 2008 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 November 2008 |
| Summary | Bird strike leading to dual engine failure during landing |
| Site | |
 | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-8AS |
| Operator | Ryanair |
| IATA flight No. | FR4102 |
| ICAO flight No. | RYR4102 |
| Call sign | RYANAIR 4102 |
| Registration | EI-DYG |
| Flight origin | Frankfurt–Hahn Airport, Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Destination | Rome Ciampino Airport, Rome, Italy |
| Occupants | 172 |
| Passengers | 166 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 10 |
| Survivors | 172 |
On 10 November 2008, Ryanair Flight 4102 from Frankfurt–Hahn Airport, in Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate to Rome Ciampino Airport, in Rome, Italy, suffered multiple bird strikes while landing.[1] Of the 172 people on board, two crew and eight passengers received hospital treatment for minor injuries.[2] The 8-month-old Boeing 737-800 jet used for the flight sustained a massive amount of damage, which led to it being written off.[3] This accident was the fourth hull loss of a Boeing 737-800 and the only hull loss of a plane operated by Ryanair.[4]
Aircraft and crew
[edit]The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-8AS, equipped with two CFM International CFM56-7B26/3 engines, manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2008, with MSN 33639 and registered as EI-DYG. It had logged 2,419 airframe hours and 1,498 takeoff and landing cycles.[5]
Flight 4102 was commanded by 44-year-old Belgian pilot Frédéric Colson, who had 10,000 flight hours, 6,000 of them on the Boeing 737; and his 23-year-old Dutch co-pilot First Officer Alexander Vet, who had 600 flight hours, 400 of them on the 737.
Accident
[edit]On the final approach to Rome Ciampino Airport, the jet struck up to 90 starlings[4], which damaged the port (left) side landing gear and both engines. The flight attempted to execute a missed approach after one engine was damaged, but the remaining engine ingested birds as well and was damaged during this maneuver. After landing, due to the collapsed port-side landing gear, the aircraft veered off of runway 15 for a short time, before the flight crew maneuvered it back onto the runway surface, where it came to a rest.[2]
The final report of the accident, investigated by the National Agency for the Safety of Flight (Italian: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo; ANSV) was released on 20 December 2018, more than 10 years after the accident.[6][7]
Aftermath
[edit]The airport was closed for 36 hours[8] and all traffic was diverted to Rome Fiumicino Airport due to the jet being stranded on the runway after the port side landing gear collapsed.[1][2]
The accident caused substantial damage to the aircraft, leading to it being written off. Ryanair retained ownership of it for certain parts and for training purposes.[3]
See also
[edit]
- US Airways Flight 1549 – another flight that suffered a dual engine failure due to bird strikes which occurred two months later in New York City, involving an Airbus A320.
- Kalitta Air Flight 207 – a flight accompanied five months earlier which overran the runway following a bird strike during take-off.
- Jeju Air Flight 2216 – a South Korean 737, previously operated by Ryanair, that crashed following a bird strike.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Bird-hit jet in emergency landing". BBC News. BBC. 10 November 2008.
- 1 2 3 Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Ryanair B738 at Rome on Nov 10th 2008, engine and landing gear trouble, temporarily departed runway". avherald.com. The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- 1 2 "Ryanair Financial Report FY 2017" (PDF). Ryanair. 21 July 2017. p. 77.[permanent dead link]
- 1 2 Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8AS EI-DYG Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ "Accident Boeing 737-8AS (WL) EI-DYG, Monday 10 November 2008". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ "FINAL REPORT accident occurred to the aircraft B737-80AS registration marks EI-DYG, Ciampino Airport, 10th November 2008" (PDF). National Agency for the Safety of Flight. 20 December 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "Official Italian accident report issued by ANSV and its English translation". aviation-accidents.net. Aviation Accident Database. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ "PICTURES: Bird-struck Ryanair 737 extensively damaged". Flightglobal.com. Flight Global. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2013.