A Ryanair plane has been left with £200,000 worth of damage after it rolled backwards 40 metres crashing into an airport fire station.
The force of the impact tore apart the ‘tail wing’ of the £72m Boeing 737 at Rome Ciampino Airport yesterday.
A Ryanair spokesman said the plane was parked with no-one on board but it had not been properly secured.
Robin Kiely said: "Ryanair has asked the ground handling agent (Groundcare) to investigate why it failed to properly secure a Ryanair aircraft at Rome Ciampino Airport yesterday.
"The parked and unoccupied aircraft rolled back and made contact with a remote building damaging its rear stabiliser.
"This is currently being replaced and the aircraft will shortly return to service."
A witness told the Daily Mail: "It was surreal to watch. This big heavy jet just started to roll backwards gathering speed until it crashed into the garage of the airport fire station."
