Ryanair B738 at East Midlands on Mar 29th 2018, bird strike

Last Update: March 30, 2018 / 22:22:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-1742

Destination
Knock, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-FIE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-FIE performing flight FR-1742 from East Midlands,EN (UK) to Knock (Ireland), was in the initial climb out of East Midlands' runway 09 when a bird impacted the aircraft causing damage to the windshield. The crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet and returned to East Midlands for a safe landing on runway 09 about 10 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-FZW reached Knock with a delay of 2 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 19 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-1742

Destination
Knock, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-FIE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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