Ryanair – Cagliari – 2010

On August 23^rd 2010, a B738 from Ryanair operating a flight from Cagliari to Frankfurt Hahn suspended takeoff due to a bird strike. The plane had previously been checked by engineers. Passengers reported that they were kept on board for the next 4 hours

Incident: Ryanair B738 at Cagliari on Aug 22nd 2010, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Easyjet – Cagliari (Sardinia) – 2008

On the 23 August 2008, an Easyjet plane had to make an emergency landing in Nice (France) after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit. The plane was en route for Cagliari, from London with 130 passengers. A stewardess had to be taken to hospital after suffering for breathing problems.The incident seemed to be caused par an “electrical problem”.

Easyjet airliner makes emergency landing in southern France

Ryanair – Cagliari – 2009

On 12 April 2009, a Ryanair flight from Girona to Cagliari mistakenly landed on the airport’s taxiway that runs parallel to the runway and is now being investigated by the Italian authorities. The report into the Ryanair incident claims that authorities will be investigating the “level of preparedness of the flight crew“.

Ryanair Flight Lands on Cagliari Taxiway Instead of Runway