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Air Europa B737-800 skids off Palma de Mallorca runway after bird strike

An Air Europa Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway upon landing at Palma de Mallorca Airport. The incident is attributed to an earlier bird strike that reportedly led to the loss of a wheel during the flight.

Discovered 2026-05-09T10:30:54.422297-07:00 | 2026-05-09T10:30:54.422297-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • A bird-strike–linked loss of a landing gear wheel followed by a runway excursion underscores how quickly an environmental event can cascade into an abnormal landing outcome.
  • For safety and ops leaders, it parallels other landing-with-undercarriage-risk events highlighted in USAF C-5M skids after gear malfunction and informs how crews and airports manage runway margin when components are lost.
  • The Palma de Mallorca event adds to the dataset of runway overrun/adjacent-off-runway outcomes, supporting tighter risk controls around post-strike inspections, landing configuration decisions, and contingency planning (see also Malta Air probe after 737-800 operating limits exceeded).

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theaviationhub.co.uk AeroTime airporthaber2.com
Sources Tracked
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First Seen
2026-05-09T10:30:54.422297-07:00
Latest Update
2026-05-10T09:35:32.119928-07:00
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