Ryanair EI-DLI seriously damaged in ground incident
 

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Reports are unclear but a report on Facebook is saying that the aircraft rolled into an adjacent building causing significant damage to the horizontal stabiliser.

It is understood that there was no one on board at the time and no injuries have been reported. I'm not sure if that refers to no passengers on board or if there was no crew

This may be the second write off from Ryanair. She's an older FR bird
Construction Number (MSN) 33591
Line Number 1894
Aircraft Type Boeing 737-8AS(WL)
First Flight 02. Mar 2006
Age 8.3 Years
Test registration N1786B

So that's why we use chocks ?

Looks like the stabilizer is OK, only the elevator is scrap. Probably just a few k€ of damage.

At what Airport did this happen ?

Rome Ciampino.

According to FR24 her last movement was Rome Ciampino

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I think I would want a bit more of a look at the aircraft before I penned it off as fit to fly with just an elevator change !

Exactly, there could well be cracks and buckling to the the tail mountings within the fuselage as well as the fuselage skin.

If there is no serious internal damage I doubt very much if that will be a write-off. Current value of a 2006 B737-800 is about $30,000,000.


Possibly the most expensive part will be dealing with Italian bureaucracy!

Depends on when they are due to replace her she's quite old for FR isn't she

I wonder was the parking brake set.:=

Usually, although I can't speak for FR, the parking brake is released once the chocks are in and it stays like that until the next intrepid crew come along.

Maybe just an insurance job !!


Parking brake on, no chocks....... why would it roll ?

Even with the parking brake set brake accumulator pressure decays over time. That's why aircraft should be chocked.

I understand there were no RYR movements at CIA because of Italian strikes (again). An unattended, unpowered aircraft wouldn't jump its chocks in anything less than severe gales, which there were not at CIA. So you have to wonder did CIA ground handlers remove the chocks from this one, perhaps to use on another arrival?

I suspect this will go legal. That damage looks bad and is not necessarily localised to the horizontal stab. Expensive for sure.

So what damage did the big lump of brick not do to the very fragile upper skin of the stab?

Ryanair does not pay extra for chocks, so they don't get them...

Many years ago at BEA's Heathrow base I watched a BEA Trident jump its chocks ( I think they may have only been on the nose) and it proceed slowly backwards between the main base hangers.
We calledf or assistance and some engineering types arrived. They jumped out of their Transit van only to see it too being blown backwards.

The Trident appeared to be in a very sheltered location, nose to the wind.
It certainly was not a severe gale blowing but must have been the effect of the wind coming off the adjacent Hangers.

Have seen chocked aircraft move when Chocks won't hold on greasy ramp

Keffuddle and EatMyShorts - RYR SOP is to leave the parking brake on and to use chocks on during all turn-rounds and on leaving the aircraft. In hot conditions with quick turn arounds, the SOP is to only momentarily release the brakes and reapply.

So, it begs the questions: a) Why were the chocks absent, and; b) was the brake set or did accumulator pressure drop?

I'm sure it won't be hard to get the answers.

Most airport handlers won't touch you until chocks are in... So no choice on that one.
Airline views on leaving the parking brake set or released will vary.

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