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Ryanair – Gatwick – 2011
Comments (1)On Tuesday, August 31, a Ryanair flight from Girona to Stansted was originally forced to land at Nantes, in France, after a passenger smelt an “unusual odour”. The plane was cleared by engineers at the airport, but other passengers began to complain on the flight forcing the plane to land at Gatwick just after 5pm.
Low Cost Carriers Accidents or Incidents user Lisa Smallman reteels:
“We had the same problem today (30th August 2011). We took off from Gerona at 10.35 bound for Stansted. Passengers complained of smelling burning at the rear galley of the 737. We made an emergency landing at Nantes after about 40mins flying time. We were told that an engineer would be flown out to resolve the issues and that we would be provided with food/drink vouchers. At circa 3.30pm the engineers flight arrived and shortly afterwards we reboarded the plane, having been told by the captain that the engineer had resolved the technical issues and that the plane was safe to fly. Needless to say, we received no vouchers. The ground crew at Nantes advised that they had put in the request to Ryanair, but did not hear vack from them!
Shortly into the second flight, there was further evidence of smoke to the point where the galley crew had to wear oxygen masks! We made a second, more drastic emergency landing at Gatwick.
Ryanair had clearly not fully repaired the technical issues and were negligent in allowing us to continue on the same plane. Furthermore, they failed to provide any information on respect of compensation!”
Ryanair B738 near Nantes and London on Aug 30th 2011, odour on board
Ryanair – Gatwick – 2009
On 7 October 2009, the crew of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing flight FR-5562 from Alicante to London Gatwick, went around reporting flaps problems while on approach to London Gatwick. The crew entered a holding to troubleshoot, but declared PAN later reporting the problem could not be fixed. The crew managed a safe landing on runway 26L with emergency services on stand by. The aircraft was ferried to Ryanair’s maintenance base Stansted 6.5 hours later.
Flybe – London Gatwick – 2009
On 4 April 2009, a Flybe plane flying from Newcastle,EN to London Gatwick,EN (UK), declared emergency reporting unspecified technical problems shortly after takeoff from Newcastle and returned to Newcastle, where the airplane landed safely 13 minutes after takeoff.
The airplane was repaired, set off again for the flight and reached London Gatwick with a delay of 2 hours.
EMERGENCY AFTER FLIGHT LEFT AIRPORT.
Easyjet – London Gatwick – 2008
On 12 July 2008, an Easyjet plane coming from Corfu (Greece) and going to Gatwick, had to divert to Geneva airport because of a smell of smoke in the rear toilet. It seems there was a fire in the rear toilet, which was put out by flight attendants. The cause of the fire was not known.
Incident: Easyjet A320 near Geneva on Jul 12th 2008, smell of smoke in cabin
Flybe – London Gatwick – 2009
On 15 January 2009, a Flybe plane flying from Aberdeen,SC to London Gatwick,EN (UK), declared emergency reporting “ice-blue smoke” emanating from a sink after a flying attendant poured water in it. The plane landed safely in Newcastle. A replacement aircraft resumed the flight and delivered the passengers to Gatwick with more than 3 hours delay.
Easyjet – London Gatwick – 2006
On 25 October 2006, an Easyjet plane, operated by Air Finland, flying from Faro to London, had to make an emergency landing at Lisbon airport, due to a technical problem.
