RyanAir

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    French Passengers Refuse to Submit to Diversion

    What: Ryanair en route from Fes, Morocco to Beauvais, France
    Where: Liege, Belgium
    When: Wed Nov 17, 2010
    Who: 100+ passengers
    Why: After leaving Morocco three hours late, the plane was unable to land in Beauvais because the airport had closed due to foggy weather conditions. After they diverted to Liege, some passengers became disruptive and refused to leave the plane. After an hour trying to get the passengers out, the crew only left when the passengers became abusive.

    The exit doors were open, the toilets were locked and the lights were out. Passengers (mostly French) would not leave the plane until 3:30am when police became involved. (Reports are that 100 passengers staged a sit-in lasting from five to eight hours and refused to leave.) Passengers were upset at landing in Liege without warning.

    Three other flights to Beauvais were also diverted to Liege without incident.

    Buses were provided to take them to their destination.

    George’s Point of View

    A plane, completely abandoned by pilots and crew fearing for their safety, professional negotiators called in to coax rude and abusive passengers out of a dark plane with locked bathrooms…

    Sure, no passenger would be tickled pink over a plane ride that takes them so far out of the way that they have to take a 350 mile bus ride back, but would the passengers have preferred crashing on the foggy Beauvais runway? What is missing here? We need Paul Harvey to tell us ….the rest of the story.

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    Ryanair Turbulence Sends FA to Hospital


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    Contact photographer Alan Lebeda

    What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Malta to Venice
    Where: Elba
    When: Sep 8 2010
    Who: 170 people aboard, five injuries
    Why: While en route, the plane encountered serious turbulence, which knocked all unbuckled individuals and a trolley into the roof of the plane; the turbulence injured two flight attendants and several passengers. The pilot diverted the flight to Bologna, where they landed safely; one flight attendant was hospitalized. The other injuries were treated at the airport.

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    Ryanair Emergency Landing in Finland


    Pictured: A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS photographed in Tampere Finland
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    Contact photographer Jussi Seppala

    What: Ryanair en route from Tampere to Frankfurt, Germany
    Where: Skavstan Airport, Nyköping Sweden
    When: Jan 10, 2010
    Who: not available
    Why: While en route, the flight developed engine problems. The flight diverted to Nyköping Sweden where passengers disembarked, and were provided an alternate plane.

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    Fire Alarm Delays Ryan Air Liverpool-Morocco Flight


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    Contact photographer Alejandro Hdez Leon

    Updated
    What: Ryan Air en route from Merseyside to Agadir, Morroco
    Where: Liverpool John Lennon Airport
    When: Jan 4 2010
    Who: 115 passengers and six crew
    Why: After takeoff, the plane indicated a fire aboard. The pilot turned around and landed at Liverpool John Lennon Airport while all activity was suspended. Passengers were moved from the plane as quickly as possible; no fire was found. The fire indicator light was judged to be faulty. A replacement jet was provided for the passengers.

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    Flightplan Brings Down The House


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    What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Milan Italy to Hamburg Germany
    Where: Luebeck
    When: Nov 12th 2009
    Why: The low-flying Boeing was apparently flying low when vibrations from the plane rattled the tile roof and collapsed the chimney.

    George’s Point of View

    If this were in the U.S., the airport would do its best to (as quietly as possible) purchase the house. I’m assuming this is one of those properties in the immediate neighborhood of the “offending” airport. So much of what happens depends on whether or not the homeowner wants to move, if the property predates the airport, local laws and agreements already in place. Will there be a lawsuit, or an amicable meeting over a common negotiating table? Depends on the lawyer. Who knows? It may be the airport who sits across the table from the homeowner—or it may be a local contractor whose work is less than stellar.

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    Ryanair Emergency Landing at Shannon

    What: Ryanair plane en route from the UK
    Where: Shannon Airport
    When: shortly before 4pm in the afternoon feb 15
    Who: 177 passengers and crew
    Why: the pilot notified Shannon Airport control tower that it had a tire problem, performed a flyby to verify the condition of the landing gear, and then landed without further problems.

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    Flock of Starlings Downs Ryanair Boeing in Italy


    What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 flight FR4102 from Frankfurt
    Where: approached Rome Ciampino Airport at 7.56am
    When: Monday November 10 2008
    Who: two crew members and eight of the 166 passengers received medical treatment
    Why: After the both of the plane’s engine ingested a number of European starlings, smoke started pouring out of one of the engines and oxygen masks fell from the ceiling. As the plane was coming in to land, Passengers debarked via emergency exits and escape chutes. The landing gear sustained damage also. The pilots did not have the time or momentum to bypass a huge flock of birds encountered on landing.

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    Ryanair Denies Non-working Masks

    What: Ryanair en route from Bristol, England, to Gerona, Spain
    Where: central France
    When: Aug 26
    Who: 141 British and 27 Spanish passengers plus six crew members
    Why: cabin suddenly depressurized. The plane lost 26,200 feet (8,000 meters) of altitude”Urgent landing in Limoges” 26 people were hospitalized.; 16 people “complaining of ear ache” were taken to hospital. Although Ryanair brought in a second plane to carry passengers the rest of the way, fewer than twenty of them chose non-aviation transportation.

    Some passengers said the oxygen masks had not worked properly. Ryanair denies that there had been any problem with the oxygen supply except that passengers had expected a rush of gas instead of the steady stream the masks actually deliver.

    “The oxygen masks were working, the correct safety procedures were followed”