Boeing 737-800 crash, Nov 10, 2008, Rome-Ciampino
Boeing 737-800 accident on November 10, 2008 near Rome-Ciampino, Lazio, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of both engines' thrust after a massive...
- Date: November 10, 2008
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Rome-Ciampino, Lazio, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of both engines' thrust after a massive bird strike during the go-around. Contributing factors were the airport's bird control measures and the lack of crew procedures and training for bird strikes in the landing phase.
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 flying FR4102 from Hahn to Rome-Ciampino struck a large flock of starlings on approach, just as the crew started a go-around. Both engines lost thrust, and the aircraft hit the runway in a near-stalled attitude about halfway along it, with the left main gear detaching during the landing roll. Eight people had minor injuries and no one was killed.