Ryanair B38M at Alicante on Aug 26th 2025, landing runway occupied
Last Update: September 30, 2025 / 12:29:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 26, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-2797
Departure
Exeter, United Kingdom
Destination
Alicante, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EI-IJX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX
ICAO Type Designator
B38M
A Jet2.com Boeing 737-800, registration G-DRTF performing flight LS-3606 from Alicante,SP (Spain) to Bournemouth,EN (UK), was lining up runway 10 and crossing the hold short line when FR-2797 was about 3.8nm before the runway threshold descending through about 1400 feet. About 50 seconds later the aircraft began to accelerate for takeoff and accelerated through about 100 knots over ground about 23 seconds later, when the Ryanair crew initiated their go around.
Spain's CIAIAC reported EI-IJX was preparing to land at Alicante Airport when it had to abort the approach due to finding the runway occupied by another aircraft. The other aircraft was G-DRTF. The CIAIAC opened an investigation into the occurrence.
LEAL 261100Z 11007KT 050V160 CAVOK 32/22 Q1011 NOSIG=
LEAL 261030Z VRB04KT CAVOK 32/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
LEAL 261000Z 11004KT 010V170 9999 FEW020 31/22 Q1012 NOSIG=
LEAL 260930Z VRB02KT CAVOK 31/22 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260900Z 21005KT 160V260 CAVOK 30/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260830Z 22006KT 190V260 CAVOK 29/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260800Z 24006KT 190V280 CAVOK 29/24 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260730Z 24004KT 210V280 CAVOK 28/21 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260700Z 25007KT 220V280 CAVOK 27/21 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260630Z 23003KT 210V270 CAVOK 26/21 Q1013 NOSIG=
LEAL 260600Z 28004KT 250V320 CAVOK 26/21 Q1012 NOSIG=
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 26, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-2797
Departure
Exeter, United Kingdom
Destination
Alicante, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EI-IJX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX
ICAO Type Designator
B38M
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