Ryanair – Agadir – 2010
On 4 January 2010, a plane was forced to make an emergency landing today at Liverpool’s John Lennon airport after fears of a fire on board. The pilot of the Ryanair flight, heading to Agadir in Morocco, reported that a fire indicator light was showing in the cockpit, an airport spokesman Robin Tudor said. “The emergency landing was performed safely and we got passengers away from the aircraft as quickly as possible.”
Ryanair – Liverpool – 2010
On 4 January 2010, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EFW performing flight FR-4021 from Liverpool to Agadir with 116 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing through FL170 out of Liverpool, when the crew reported a fire indicator had triggered and decided to return to Liverpool Airport. The airplane landed safely on runway 27 about 25 minutes after departure, the airplane was evacuated via slides.
Air Berlin – Dortmund – 2010
On 3 January 2010, passengers on board an Air Berlin Boeing 737-800 have escaped uninjured after the aircraft overran the runway during take-off at Dortmund. The aircraft was operating flight AB2450 to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Images from the scene show that the aircraft has come to rest apparently with its nose in contact with the ground, although the extent of any damage is unclear.
Wizz Air – Kiev – 2009
On 29 December 2009, a Wizzair Ukraine Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Venice to Kiev with 154 passengers and 6 crew, skidded past the left hand edge of the landing runway before coming to a stop. No injuries occured, both engines (V2527) received fan damage.
Wizz Ukraine A320 at Kiev on Dec 29th 2009, runway excursion on landing
EasyJet – Madrid – 2009
On 29 December 2009, an Easyjet Airbus A319-100, performing flight from Liverpool to Madrid with 155 passengers and 7 crew, was enroute at FL370 overhead the Bay of Biscay about 140nm west of Bordeaux about 75 minutes into the flight, when the crew reported a hydraulics failure. A short time later the crew declared emergency reporting severe airframe vibrations and decided to divert to Bordeaux losing further systems during the descent towards Bordeaux. Although the airport of Bordeaux prepared for the arrival of the emergency, the runway was not kept sterile. The airplane landed safely in Bordeaux about 35 minutes later.
Easyjet A319 over Bay of Biscay on Dec 29th 2009, hydraulics failure and severe airframe vibrations
Ryanair – Prestwick – 2009
On 23 december 2009, a Ryanair Boeing, performing flight from Dublin to Prestwick with 129 passengers onboard, came to a stop with the nose gear and right main gear on soft ground following landing at Prestwick Airport.
Easyjet – Nice – 2009
On 11 December 2009, an Easyjet aircraft, performing flight from Geneva to Nice with 144 passengers, was on approach to Nice, when the crew received an unsafe indication for the right hand main gear after lowering the gear and aborted the approach. The airplane entered a holding, where the crew attempted to recycle the landing gear twice and used alternate gear extension without resolving the unsafe indication. The passengers were prepared for a landing without right main landing gear. A low approach suggested all gears were down. The crew finally decided to commence the landing despite the unsafe indication and managed a safe landing 70 minutes after aborting the first approach. Passengers reported, that after aborting the first approach cabin crew prepared the passengers for an emergency landing including showing the brace position. After several attempts to recycle the gear and an another approach to the airport the airplane descended for the landing. Shortly before touch down the cabin lighting extinguished and the crew commanded brace position.
Easyjet Switzerland A319 at Nice on Dec 11th 2009, unsafe gear
“We thought our last hour had come”
Your testimony about the incident on flight from Geneva to Nice
EasyJet – Belfast – 2009
On 14 November 2009, an Easyjet flight (U2-447) from Bristol to Belfast Aldergrove, aborted the approach to Belfast when the flaps didn’t deploy. The airplane entered a holding to troubleshoot for about 30 minutes, however the crew was unable to solve the problem, declared emergency and performed a safe zero flaps landing on runway 25, taxied off the runway and had the emergency services check the brakes on the taxiway.
Easyjet B737 at Belfast on Nov 14th 2009, flaps problems
EasyJet – Bastia – 2009
On 30 November 2009, an EasyJet flight from Lyon to Bastia had the cabin depressurized with 70 passengers onboard. The aircraft had to land on Bastia-Porta Airport. Some passengers complained about pain with their eardrums. The aircraft couldn’t take off back to Lyon as scheduled.
EasyJet – Lanzarote – 2009
On 29 November 2009, an Easyjet flight from London Gatwick to Lanzarote with 136 passengers was struck by a lightning about 40 minutes into the flight. The crew decided to return to Gatwick, where the airplane landed safely on runway about one hour later.
Ryanair – Beauvais – 2009
On 16 November 2009, the flight 9107 of Ryanair from Girona to Beauvais had an incident. A warning light indicates a hydraulic failure on the network side of the Boeing 737, has prevented the pilot to land the aircraft in good conditions.
For about 30 minutes, the aircraft flew over the airport and made several rotations above the city, raising fears the worst for passenger aircraft: “Six or seven times, we descended in altitude and then reassembled. Inside the aircraft, we were asked to fasten our belts and put their heads between our legs, “says one passenger.
A hard landing to believe a passenger plane residing Tillé and also a helicopter pilot: “There was a big earthquake at the time of landing that was not normal. “To justify the possible earthquakes, civil aviation said that” the pilot may have made a braking care not to consume the runway. “
Ryanair – Hamburg – 2009
On 12 November 2009, a Ryanair Boeing plane flew much lower over Gross Groenau than normal as it approached the airport, which is 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Hamburg. The aircraft flew over and an elderly lady, the owner of the house, was in her garden at the time clearing up branches when the tiles came down. The flight: FR-4391 from Milan to Hamburg.
Easyjet – Tallinn – 2009
On 12 November 2009, an Easyjet flight from London Stansted to Tallinn with 128 passengers diverted to Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel due to a suspected fuel leak. The airplane landed safely with emergency services on stand by. Emergency services at Hamburg reported, that the airplane had suffered a leak of some sort. Engineers are examining the aircraft.
Easyjet A319 near Hamburg on Nov 12th 2009, faulty fuel quantity indicator
Ryanair – Porto – 2009
On 1st November 2009, a Ryanair flight from Marseille to Porto, was on final approach to Porto, when the crew noticed two dogs running near and on the runway. The crew went around, entered a holding for 10 minutes, while airport staff tried to catch or drive the dogs away without success, and decided to divert to Santiago de Compostela about 100nm north of Porto. The airplane landed safely.
Ryanair – London Stansted – 2009
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Leave a Comment On 31 July 2009, a Ryanair plane rejected take off at high speed, because there was a car on the runway. The plane stopped safely ahead of the car. The car appeared to belong to a bird control official, who was inspecting the runway. It seems that there was misunderstanding between the car driver and the control tower.
Ryanair – Shannon – 2009
On 25 July 2009, a RYANAIR pilot diverted his aircraft from Shannon airport to Cork airport following three unsuccessful attempts to land at Shannon. The Ryanair spokeswoman said the reason the pilot did not land in Shannon and instead flew to Cork was because of adverse weather conditions.
However the airport authority said no other aircraft had difficulty landing and that another Ryanair flight landed just minutes before. Several passengers left the flight at Cork, but those who remained on-board were flown back to Shannon shortly before 2am instead of 23h50.
Ryanair – London – 2009
On 5 July 2009, 160 passengers were waiting to embark on a Ryanair plane to leave Marrakech to London. But damages caused by a bird required several mechanics, even one coming from Barcelona. It took 36h before passengers, who have been left waiting in the airport, could start their journey. The passengers were really angry because Ryanair only gave them a 5€ voucher to buy a sandwich and a bottle of water, while the temperature was about 40°C.
Ryanair – Krakow – 2009
On 15 June 2009, a Ryanair plane encountered turbulence about 40mn after the departure and was struck by a lightning. The plane diverted to Frankfurt Hahn (Germany) where it landed safely. The passengers took a replacement aircraft and reached Krakow with 3 hours delay.
Incident: Ryanair B738 near Frankfurt on Jun 15th 2009, lightning strike
Ryanair – London Stansted – 2009
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Leave a Comment On 6 April 2009, A Ryanair plane had an engine failure while enroute overhead Amsterdam and diverted to Amsterdam wher it landed safely. A replacement plane was dispatched from Stansted.
Easyjet – London Gatwick – 2009
On 14 April 2009, an Easyjet plane coming from Heraklion and going to Gatwick, had to divert to Athens airport because of pressurization problems, due to the air conditionning system. The passenger oxygen masks did not deploy and the pilot performed a safe landing.
