Ryanair B738 at Mallorca on May 29th 2014, wheel well fire indication

Last Update: May 29, 2014 / 17:39:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 29, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-8551

Aircraft Registration
EI-DAL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DAL performing flight FR-8551 from Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) to Memmingen (Germany) with 148 passengers, was in the initial climb out of Mallorca's runway 24L when the crew received a wheel well fire indication, stopped the climb at about 5500 feet, extended the landing gear, entered a hold at 3000 feet to burn off fuel and returned to Mallorca for a safe landing on runway 24L about 30 minutes after departure. Attending emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-EFL reached Memmingen with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service about 8.5 hours after landing.

The airline confirmed a wheel well fire indication, there was no fire however.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 29, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-8551

Aircraft Registration
EI-DAL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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