Ryanair birdstrike November 2008

christy c

Was just having a browse on a few sites and noticed a story about Ryanair's bird strike in Ciampino back in 2008. Hadn't thought about in a while so I then started looking for the accident report but didn't have any luck finding it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks

Delta Kilo

You should be able to find any report you require about the incident from the avherald one here.

http://avherald.com/h?article=40fc7579&opt=0

shanemul

and here it is now http://www.airliners.net/photo/Boeing-737-8AS/1706590/L/&sid=b04ea08e2171c79087dfadc165c9a7b4

Nissan doctor

"The organic materials are going to be analysed to establish, whether they are bird remains and whether they are the remain of starlings"

Are starlings not birds in Italy

youtheman

It's ironic that there were two well publicised 'bird strikes' around the same time:

one Airbus; one Boeing
one in the US; one in Europe
one on take off; one on landing
one ended up in the water; one on dry land
one pilot became a celebrify; the other is unknown

Go Figure !!!!!

radar0976

youtheman wrote: »

It's ironic that there were two well publicised 'bird strikes' around the same time:

one Airbus; one Boeing
one in the US; one in Europe
one on take off; one on landing
one ended up in the water; one on dry land
one pilot became a celebrify; the other is unknown

Go Figure !!!!!

Interesting point actually. Never thought about it like that. I guess the whole New York / 9/11 / plane thing just meant Sullenburger was inevitably going to become an "American Hero". Not taking away from what he did which was a flawless piece of airmanship. However the reaction was typically American style OTT. I think one of the people most surprised by the overreaction was Sullenburger himself.

Would be interesting to know who the Ryanair pilot was and where he is now.

youtheman

You could argue that the Ryanair pilot had to deal with the emergency in a fraction of the time that Sully had; on the other hand you could argue that, once the 5hit hit the fan, he was a passenger on the way to the accident site.

I suppose Ryanair don't 'Do Hollywood'.

BuffyBot

Are starlings not birds in Italy

I'm reading as, first they have to establish that they were bird remains, and then the remains of what kind of bird.

jsd1004

radar0976 wrote: »

Interesting point actually. Never thought about it like that. I guess the whole New York / 9/11 / plane thing just meant Sullenburger was inevitably going to become an "American Hero". Not taking away from what he did which was a flawless piece of airmanship. However the reaction was typically American style OTT. I think one of the people most surprised by the overreaction was Sullenburger himself.

Would be interesting to know who the Ryanair pilot was and where he is now.

Not so sure about Sullys incident. If he had been not so fortunate that the Hudson was mirror calm or as unlucky to hit a ferry he would have been declared a villian especially as he could have landed it at 2 runways. Its like landing on a road..great if it works but not so great when you hit a bus full of people.

pclancy

I don't think he had the energy to make it to Toledo or back to La Guardia, the Hudson being the only "runwaylike" object within reach afaik.

Havent read any of the detail but did the Ryanair lose total power to both engines?

AfterDusk

pclancy wrote: »

Havent read any of the detail but did the Ryanair lose total power to both engines?

Yes. I believe a go-around was initiated on the premise that one engine was still operational. However, that engine then lost power too.

christy c

What I was wondering is if the final report is out yet from the Italian authorities. Still cannot find it. I saw the bit where they said they were going to strip down the engines etc. but I didn't see anything after that. I thought it would be out by now seen as it's almost three years.

Looks like the crew did a good job and like others have said it would be nice to know where they are now. I know that Ryanair had a thank you dinner in Frankfurt shortly after it. Is it the fact that the airline is Ryanair that the crew didn't become heroes like the BA crash landing? Maybe the press didn't like saying good things about an airline they frequently bash, deservedly or not?