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Accident: Ryanair B738 at Frankfurt on Jan 29th 2019, gear strut penetrates wing during retraction

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-GXG performing flight FR-5214 from Frankfurt Hahn (Germany) to Bari (Italy), was climbing out of Hahn Airport's runway 21 when the crew selected the gear up but did not receive indication the gear came up properly. The crew stopped the climb at FL100 and returned to Frankfurt Hahn for a safe landing on runway 21 about 40 minutes after departure. The left main gear damaged and penetrated the upper wing surface:

Accident: India A321 at Tirupati on Jan 29th 2019, foreign object damage during departure An Air India Airbus A321-200, registration VT-PPN performing flight AI-541 from Tirupati to Hyderabad (India), departed Tirupati's runway 26 and continued to Hyderabad, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 09R about one hour after departure. A post flight inspection revealed substantial damage to the underside of the aircraft including penetration of the lower surfaces of the horizontal stabilizers as result of foreign objects impacts believed to have occurred during departure. Another aircraft, an Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, departed Tirupati's runway 26 shortly after AI-541, then the runway was temporarily closed to verify state of the runway, that is currently being re-surfaced during non-operational hours. The runway was closed for about 5 hours, then reopened again. The ATR-72 was able to continue its schedule following departure from Tirupati. Related NOTAM: C1109/18 NOTAMN Q) VOMF/QMRXX/IV/BO/A/000/999/ A) VOTP B) 1901011600 C) 1903300030 D) 1600-0030 E) RWY 08/26 RECARPETING AND STRENGTHENNING WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT DRG NON OPR HR.ALL SKED AIRLINE OPR SHALL ADHERE TO APV DGCA SKED AND NON-SKED OPR SHALL ADHERE TO WATCH HR The damage: Incident: Europa AT72 at Palma Mallorca on Jan 28th 2019, temporary runway excursion on landing An Air Europa Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration EC-LYJ performing flight UX-4014 from Valencia,SP to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain), landed on Mallorca's runway 24L at about 17:35L (16:35Z) when the aircraft temporarily veered off the runway colliding with a runway edge light before returning onto the runway. The aircraft rolled out without further incident. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained damage to its right hand main gear fairing. The airport reported the aircraft made a minor temporary runway excursion during landing. The damage to the runway lights was immediately repaired. The airline reported strong gusting winds were affecting Palma Mallorca for days already, they were the cause for the temporary runway excursion. Metars: LEPA 281830Z 32022G33KT 9999 FEW020 14/06 Q1008 NOSIG= LEPA 281800Z 33020KT 9999 FEW020 14/06 Q1008 NOSIG= LEPA 281730Z 32023G35KT 290V350 9999 FEW020 14/05 Q1008 NOSIG= LEPA 281700Z 32024G34KT 9999 FEW020 14/06 Q1007 NOSIG= LEPA 281630Z 32024G34KT 290V350 9999 FEW020 14/06 Q1007 NOSIG= LEPA 281600Z 32026G40KT 9999 FEW020 15/05 Q1006 NOSIG= LEPA 281530Z 31025G36KT 9999 FEW020 15/06 Q1006 NOSIG= LEPA 281500Z 31027G39KT 280V010 9999 FEW020 15/06 Q1006 NOSIG= LEPA 281430Z 31021G33KT 280V340 9999 FEW020 15/05 Q1006 NOSIG= LEPA 281400Z 30016KT 270V340 9999 FEW020 15/05 Q1006 NOSIG= LEPA 281330Z 29016KT 240V320 9999 FEW020 15/06 Q1006 NOSIG= LEPA 281300Z 29016G26KT 250V340 9999 FEW020 16/05 Q1006 NOSIG= The damage: