Tail of Ryanair plane hits runway on take-off in Krakow

coylemj

A Ryanair jet returned safely to Krakow in Poland 25 minutes after its tail struck the runway on taking off last Sunday. There was a delay of eight hours before a replacement aircraft flew the 127 passengers to Dublin.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/tail-of-ryanair-jet-strikes-runway-1.1346554

b757

Here is the report on AvHerald..

http://avherald.com/h?article=46021ada&opt=0

drdeadlift

Press will love this!











































Puts popcorn in microwave .,.

My girlfriend was on that flight , they knew there was something wrong as they took off as there was such a bang. 10 minutes into the flight the plane dropped along with the air pressure people screaming and all that.
The captain then brought it back and landed it very roughly. Girlfriend now has a sore neck. She was then delayed 8 hours.

Ryanair fixed it and gave her a 5 euro meal voucher. :mad:

seamus

Ryanair gets a lot of stick about fast turnarounds, fast taxiing, etc to try and meet schedules, but in terms of the no. of departures their fleet makes each day, do they have a higher tail strike rate than other carriers? Or is it just that the press love to take shots at O'Leary (which ironically O'Leary relishes)?

Peregrine

Media is loving it..3rd most popular article on the Irish Times at the moment.

Hopefully some of the readers will actually believe this.

Tail-strikes are a common cause of aircraft damage

seamus wrote: »

Ryanair gets a lot of stick about fast turnarounds, fast taxiing, etc to try and meet schedules, but in terms of the no. of departures their fleet makes each day, do they have a higher tail strike rate than other carriers? Or is it just that the press love to take shots at O'Leary (which ironically O'Leary relishes)?

Nope they don't. It's the latter. Press loves it, people love it and usually Ryanair seems to love it too, except cases like this and the fuel crap.

b757

seamus wrote: »

Ryanair gets a lot of stick about fast turnarounds, fast taxiing, etc to try and meet schedules, but in terms of the no. of departures their fleet makes each day, do they have a higher tail strike rate than other carriers? Or is it just that the press love to take shots at O'Leary (which ironically O'Leary relishes)?

No about the higher tail strike rate..

Yes about the press. If this happened in spain, there would be tons more reports.

Lapin

drdeadlift wrote: »

Press will love this!

Looking forward to the Daily Mail's take on this.

Expect -

127 passengers experienced terrifying trauma as a Ryanair plane broke up on take off in Poland. The pilot decided to chance flying for 25 minutes before turning the stricken jet from the Irish airline back.

Furious holidaymakers had their weekend trip of a lifetime destroyed as they were forced to wait an agonising 8 hours in freezing Polish temperatures while airline chiefs in Dublin considered whether or not to send over a replacement plane to take them home to their loved ones yada yada yada......

Dietsquirt

I'm getting married in Sept in Krakow, i'm going to send this article to all the guests who have already RSVPd, hehe :P

donvito99

Deleted User wrote: »

Girlfriend now has a sore neck.

Did someone say litigation?

donvito99

Lapin wrote: »

Looking forward to the Daily Mail's take on this.

Expect -

127 passengers experienced terrifying trauma as a Ryanair plane broke up on take off in Poland. The pilot decided to chance flying for 25 minutes before turning the stricken jet from the Irish airline back.

Furious holidaymakers had their weekend trip of a lifetime destroyed as they were forced to wait an agonising 8 hours in freezing Polish temperatures while airline chiefs in Dublin considered whether or not to send over a replacement plane to take them home to their loved ones yada yada yada......

One passenger told the Daily Mail, "There was an explosion type noise, and it was totally unsafe to fly. I know this as I consider myself an expert in this particular field, owing to the amount of Daily Mail articles I've read on Ryanair through the years..."

dzer2

Deleted User wrote: »

My girlfriend was on that flight , they knew there was something wrong as they took off as there was such a bang. 10 minutes into the flight the plane dropped along with the air pressure people screaming and all that.
The captain then brought it back and landed it very roughly. Girlfriend now has a sore neck. She was then delayed 8 hours.

Ryanair fixed it and gave her a 5 euro meal voucher. :mad:

Thats more than our great government would give her.

mickdw

Deleted User wrote: »

Girlfriend now has a sore neck.

Why? Did she grab a few hours sleep on a chair at the airport or something.

dzer2

dzer2 wrote: »

Thats more than our great government would give her.

thats true. Whats worse is it was not enough to pay for the meal she ordered. Its still a scary thing. The flight was full of kids who were competing in Ice skating for Ireland.

LeftBase

Deleted User wrote: »

My girlfriend was on that flight , they knew there was something wrong as they took off as there was such a bang. 10 minutes into the flight the plane dropped along with the air pressure people screaming and all that.
The captain then brought it back and landed it very roughly. Girlfriend now has a sore neck. She was then delayed 8 hours.

Ryanair fixed it and gave her a 5 euro meal voucher. :mad:

Try landing a passenger jet that's extra heavy with fuel lightly..

LeftBase

LeftBase wrote: »

Try landing a passenger jet that's extra heavy with fuel lightly.

OK i will try :rolleyes:

christy c

[Deleted User] wrote: »

OK i will try :rolleyes:

Also try not playing the poor unfortunate victim while you're at it

tayto lover

The fat passengers should never be allowed to sit at the back.

Peregrine

Deleted User wrote: »

OK i will try :rolleyes:

You haven't a leg to stand on here mate..

As far as Aviation and Aircraft is concerned: Tailstrike, landed with a lot of fuel, back in service in 28 hours.

Try the travel forum.

andy_g

Lapin wrote: »

Looking forward to the Daily Mail's take on this.

Expect -

127 passengers experienced terrifying trauma as a Ryanair plane broke up on take off in Poland. The pilot decided to chance flying for 25 minutes before turning the stricken jet from the Irish airline back.

Furious holidaymakers had their weekend trip of a lifetime destroyed as they were forced to wait an agonising 8 hours in freezing Polish temperatures while airline chiefs in Dublin considered whether or not to send over a replacement plane to take them home to their loved ones yada yada yada......

Oh my god lapin do you work for the star? *grabs coat looks around to see if anyone notices me leaving* :cool:

Nimrod 7

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

You haven't a leg to stand on here mate..

As far as Aviation and Aircraft is concerned: Tailstrike, landed with a lot of fuel, back in service in 28 hours.

Try the travel forum.

I was wondering what people were getting mad about. For your information it was a team of ice skaters representing Ireland at competitions in poland that were on that plane, they went a week without injury taking part in competitions and the joke going around is that the only injurys suffered were on a Ryanair flight. Anyway everybody has already been back on the ice so we were not looking to make a claim, we are not that kind of people. If you notice my post i was saying we were more angry at the 5 euro meal voucher.

kona

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I was wondering what people were getting mad about. For your information it was a team of ice skaters representing Ireland at competitions in poland that were on that plane, they went a week without injury taking part in competitions and the joke going around is that the only injurys suffered were on a Ryanair flight. Anyway everybody has already been back on the ice so we were not looking to make a claim, we are not that kind of people. If you notice my post i was saying we were more angry at the 5 euro meal voucher.

Suppose ya get what you pay for

Stinicker

kona wrote: »

Suppose ya get what you pay for

I was in Poland in December, €5 will get you a decent enough meal, i'd say people were more p1ssed off they didn't get a free bar and all the booze they could drink.

kona

Stinicker wrote: »

I was in Poland in December, €5 will get you a decent enough meal, i'd say people were more p1ssed off they didn't get a free bar and all the booze they could drink.

That's what I was thinking too!! Sure if the tales of 80c pints are true that's 6 pints !!!

Dardania

Deleted User wrote: »

My girlfriend was on that flight , they knew there was something wrong as they took off as there was such a bang. 10 minutes into the flight the plane dropped along with the air pressure people screaming and all that.
The captain then brought it back and landed it very roughly. Girlfriend now has a sore neck. She was then delayed 8 hours.

Ryanair fixed it and gave her a 5 euro meal voucher. :mad:

Interesting looking at this account, and the AV Herald report about it suddenly going cold - maybe the APU was knocked out by the bang? As the Irish Examiner article (http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/authorities-launch-investigations-after-tail-of-ryanair-jet-strikes-runway-during-takeoff-227129.html) says there was no strucutral damage...

hobochris

LeftBase wrote: »

Try landing a passenger jet that's extra heavy with fuel lightly..

Its Ryanair, the plane was probably running on fumes..

LoonyLovegood

hobochris wrote: »

Its Ryanair, the plane was probably running on fumes..

They may be stingy, but they'd only taken off!

highlydebased

Dardania wrote: »

Interesting looking at this account, and the AV Herald report about it suddenly going cold - maybe the APU was knocked out by the bang? As the Irish Examiner article (http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/authorities-launch-investigations-after-tail-of-ryanair-jet-strikes-runway-during-takeoff-227129.html) says there was no strucutral damage...

The APU is only used for bleed air on the ground for engine start. They would've been using engine bleed air once the engines are running so I dont think it is what you suggest

billy few mates

With a tail strike on take off the QRH procedure warns the crew "do not pressurise aircraft" (obviously in case the aircraft has suffered more serious structural damage), so its possible that they switched off the bleed air and the air conditioning packs (to stop pressurising the aircraft) which might explain why some people reported it suddenly going cold?

If you guys are interested i can get the other half to type out her experience. This report will be from somebody who knows nothing about planes.

billy few mates

No thanks.

Flier

Stinicker wrote: »

I was in Poland in December, €5 will get you a decent enough meal, i'd say people were more p1ssed off they didn't get a free bar and all the booze they could drink.

A small latte will cost you the equivalent of €4 at Okecie Airport in Warsaw. Not sure about Krakow, but I guess it's much the same. Airport prices in Poland are not the same as prices downtown!

Peregrine

Deleted User wrote: »

If you guys are interested i can get the other half to type out her experience. This report will be from somebody who knows nothing about planes.

That'll be fine..it was just a tailstrike. I'm sure the IAA will publish a report in due time.

billy few mates

billy few mates wrote: »

No thanks.

Thats ok , i thought since you were speculating you might be interested...