A major bird strike at Rome for Ryanair a while back and the crew got it down safely dont know what you are on about ILS272LEFT
The handling of this serious incident is a clear reminder for the Airline Industry and all passengers that you definitely pay for what you get, a reminder for all those involved that a motivated, engaged, decently paid and well trained valued workforce will always perform better than those underpaid, undervalued, overworked, not engaged etc.
More detail has emerged about what the
Ryanair Boeing 737-800 crew faced following a
multiple birdstrike on short final approach to Rome Ciampino airport on 10 November.
According to sources close to the investigation, when the crew sighted a huge flock of starlings ahead they initiated a go-around, but the birds rose into the flightpath and the aircraft suffered a considerable loss of power on both engines.
The crew were flying the aircraft manually when, passing about 200ft (60m), the starlings - an estimated 1,000 in number - "engulfed" the aeroplane, and the fan speed on the engines dropped from its normal approach setting of about 65% to 40%, and moving the power levers produced no result. Within 30s of the pilots' first sighting of the birds the aircraft had made a hard landing and come to a halt on the runway.
Ryanair congratulated the pilots and cabin crew of the aircraft in a 10 December ceremony at its
Frankfurt Hahn base in Germany.
The carrier's safety director Michael Horgan says: "To bring the aircraft to a safe landing following a major loss of power on both engines required a level of composure and skill that is a credit to both Capt Frederic Colson and first officer Alexander Vet and underscores the exceptional flying standards that have always been the hallmark of Ryanair's safety and training operations."