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A Ryanair Flight Almost Ran Out of Fuel when a Major Storm Led to Several Aborted Landings and a 175-Mile Diversion
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A Ryanair flight almost ran out of fuel when a major storm led to several aborted landings and a 175-mile diversion
A Ryanair Boeing 737.Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesA Ryanair flight failed to land in Scotland three times before diverting to Manchester.The Guardian reported its technical log showed there was only about six minutes' worth of fuel left.Passengers reached Glasgow Prestwick Airport 10 hours late after traveling by coach.A Ryanair flight is under investigation after it touched down with virtually n…
A Ryanair flight covering the route between Pisa and Glasgow Prestwick was forced to make an emergency landing in Manchester on 3 October, after being only six minutes away from completely exhausting its fuel. The incident, which occurred in the midst of storm Amy, triggered an investigation by the British aeronautical authorities to clarify the causes of the event and to examine the management of the fuel reserve during the journey. The aircraf…
Ryanair flight lands with six minutes of fuel remaining
A potential disaster was narrowly avoided when a Ryanair passenger plane landed at Manchester Airport with just six minutes’ worth of fuel remaining. The flight, which was operated by Malta Air on behalf of Ryanair, had departed from Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport in Italy on 3 October, bound for Glasgow Prestwick. Caught in Storm Amy, with winds reaching up to 161 km/h, the Boeing 737–800 was forced to abort three landing attempts at Prestwick be…
On October 3, the passengers and crew of a Ryanair flight from Pisa to Glasgow experienced a strange end of the trip. Close to the dry outage, the pilots landed in Manchester as a matter of urgency after several...
Ryanair 737 flight lands with six minutes of fuel left
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 was forced to land below minimum safe fuel levels after attempting to land at three different UK airports in a storm. Although the aircraft eventually landed safely, the authorities are now investigating the circumstances surrounding the event. The affected flight was Ryanair flight FR3418 on October 3, 2025, operated by the company’s Malta-based subsidiary, Malta Air. The flight was scheduled to operate from Pisa Airpor…
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