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On 10 November 2008, Ryanair Flight 4102 from
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, in
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to Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport, in
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, Italy, suffered multiple
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s while landing. Of the 172 people on board, two crew and eight passengers received hospital treatment for minor injuries. The 8-month-old
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jet used for the flight (registered as EI-DYG) had received a massive amount of damage, which led to it being
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. This accident represents the fourth hull loss of a Boeing 737-800.


Accident

Flight 4102 was commanded by 44-year-old Belgian pilot Frédéric Colson with 10,000 flight hours, of which 6,000 were on the Boeing 737, and his co pilot First Officer Alexander Vet — a Dutch citizen aged 23 with 600 flight hours with 400 being on the 737. The jet struck up to 90
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on final approach to
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which damaged the
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(left) side landing gear and both engines. The flight attempted to execute a
missed approach Missed approach is a procedure followed by a pilot when an instrument approach cannot be completed to a full-stop landing. The instructions for the missed approach may be assigned by air traffic control (ATC) prior to the clearance for the approac ...
after one engine was damaged, but the remaining engine ingested birds as well and was damaged during this maneuver. It was reported that the aircraft left runway 15 for a short time before the flight crew brought it back onto the runway. The final report of the accident, investigated by the National Agency for the Safety of Flight ( it, Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo; ANSV) was released on 20 December 2018, more than 10 years after the accident.


Aftermath

The airport was closed for 36 hours and all traffic was diverted to
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due to the jet being stranded on the runway after the port side landing gear collapsed. This accident caused such substantial damage that the aircraft was written off. Ryanair retained ownership of it for certain parts and for training purposes.


See also

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– a similar aviation-related air accident that occurred 2 months later in
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, involving an
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Kalitta Air Flight 207 Kalitta Air Flight 207 (K4207/CKS207) was a scheduled cargo flight between John F. Kennedy International Airport, John F. Kennedy Airport to Bahrain International Airport with a technical stopover at Brussels Airport, Brussels. On May 25, 2008, the ...
– another flight accompanied by a bird strike 5 months earlier.


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