Incident: Ryanair B738 at Rhodes on Nov 5th 2017, dog strike


A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EBV performing flight FR-1431 from Rhodes to Athens (Greece), was accelerating for takeoff from Rhodes' runway 25 around 22:15L (20:15Z) when the crew observed a pack of dogs straying onto the runway but was unable to prevent the aircraft hitting a dog. The crew continued takeoff, stopped the climb at 4000 feet advising the tower of the dog strike and returned to Rhodes for a safe landing on runway 25 about 13 minutes after departure.

The airport reported maintenance checked the aircraft and found no damage, the aircraft was released back to service.

The aircraft departed again as flight FR-1012 and reached Athens with a delay of about 90 minutes.