Boeing 737 incident near Stockholm, SE, April 25, 2011
On April 25, 2011 at about 5:32 am local time, a Boeing 737, registered EIDAD, was involved in an incident near Stockholm (Stockholm-Skavsta airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 25, 2011 · about 5:32 am local time
- Place
- Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm-Skavsta
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 800 · all 737s on the register
- Registration
- EIDAD · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On April 25, 2011, at 0532 UTC, a Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DAD, experienced multiple electrical problems while airborne. No injuries occurred and the airplane was not damaged. The flight was registered to and operated by Ryanair, Ltd. and was being operated as a passenger-carrying flight. The flight originated at Stokholm-Skavsta Airport (ESKN), Stockholm, Sweden, and returned there for an uneventful landing. Its destination was to be Beauvais-Tillé Airport (LFOB), Beauvais, France. The incident is being investigated by the Swedish Accident Investigation Board.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Ryanair Ltd.
The flight
- Departed from: ESKN Stockholm
- Destination: LFOB Beauvais-Tillé
- Flight plan: not recorded
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.