Aircraft

Summary

On 7 January 2012 at about 19:05 local time, a an aircraft of an unrecorded type, operated by Ryan International Airlines Inc, was involved in an incident near Riga, Latvia. 146 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 January 2012 at 19:05

Classification

Incident

Location

Riga, Latvia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Not recorded

Registration

Not recorded

Operator

Ryan International Airlines Inc

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA12WA026

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 7, 2012, at about 1905 local time, a Boeing 737-8AS, registration EI-DHI, serial # 33818, operated by Ryanair, experienced a failure of the No. 2 pitot heater, without any associated warnings, leading to multiple failure indications. The flight was en route from East Midlands, UK, and Riga Airport, Latvia. There were no injuries and no damage to the airplane. The incident investigation was delgated to the AAIU by the TAAIB of Latvia. The incident is being investigated by the AAIU of Ireland. The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture of the airframe under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to AAIU at the following: AAIU Leeson Lane Dublin, Ireland +353 (0) 1 604 1293 [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.