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| Date: | Tuesday 13 April 2010 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-170LR (ERJ-170-100 LR) |
| Owner/operator: | Alitalia Express |
| Registration: | EI-DFH |
| MSN: | 17000009 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF34-8E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 72 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Milano-Linate Airport (LIN/LIML) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Milano-Linate Airport (LIN/LIML) |
| Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Alitalia Express flight SMX-2055 rejected takeoff at high speed after impacting a hare. The hare was ingested by the nr.2 engine. The airplane came to a stop without any injuries for passengers. Damage to the undercarriage and the right hand engine (CF34) led passengers to board subsequent flights. Main runway closed from 13:20 to 13:30 for cleaning.
Sources:
http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/04/13/news/linate_lepre_nell_aereo_al_decollo_esplode_il_motore_nessun_ferito-3320121/ (Italian)
http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/regioni/lombardia/2010/04/13/visualizza_new.html_1762427218.html (Italian)
http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/articoli/articolo478984.shtml (Italian)
http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail.asp?ID=1259 (Italian)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Alitalia-Express/Embraer-ERJ-170-100LR-170LR/1656121/L (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 2005 | EI-DFH | Alitalia Express | 0 | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |  |
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| Undershoot | ||||||
| 13 March 2013 | F-HBXL | Régional, opf Air France | 0 | Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN) | |
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| 1 July 2016 | F-HBXL | HOP! | 0 | near Bremen | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2010 22:09 | anve75 | Added |
| 14-Apr-2010 14:17 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2010 01:26 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2015 18:21 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Dec-2015 10:30 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 08-Jun-2025 07:42 | ASN | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Category, ] |
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