Ryanair B738 at Chania on Jun 28th 2025, tail scrape on departure
Last Update: July 2, 2025 / 09:26:05 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 28, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-7609
Departure
Chania, Greece
Destination
London Stansted, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
EI-EFJ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A passenger reported the crew indicated a tail strike on departure making a diversion to Athens necessary. Upon inspection the aircraft was not deemed fit to continue the flight, maintenance had inspected the tail of the aircraft using ladders. A replacement aircraft took them to London. The airline later told the passengers in e-mail, the reason for the diversion was ATC delays.
The replacement Boeing 737-800 registration 9H-QDW took the passengers to London.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 13 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 28, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-7609
Departure
Chania, Greece
Destination
London Stansted, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
EI-EFJ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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