Emergency landing at J.L.A. (Ryanair)

eigrod

Didn't see this reported here in Ireland.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/01/05/liverpool-s-john-lennon-airport-emergency-plane-landing-after-on-board-fire-reports-100252-25525812/

Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport emergency plane landing after on-board fire reports
Jan 5 2010 by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo
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Emergency service crews attend Ryanair plane at Liverpool JLA after emergency landing 300
PASSENGERS were left fearing for their lives after a plane performed a dramatic emergency landing at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport.

One hundred and fifteen passengers and six crew members were evacuated from the Boeing 737-800 series, which screeched to a halt on the Speke runway yesterday afternoon.

The Ryanair FR4021 flight was forced to make a sudden U-turn 30 minutes after leaving Liverpool for Agadir, in Morocco, following reports of a fire on board.

The pilot announced his intention to perform an emergency landing as police, fire crews and paramedics rushed to the airport and a full emergency was declared.

Startled witnesses said the plane touched down with its brakes shrieking, landing on its wheels, before coming to a juddering halt midway along the runway.

Planespotter Paul Eustace, 45, of Speke, told the ECHO: “It came to a screeching halt, then the chutes came out and all the people slid down to the ground.

“It came in at a normal speed for landing, but it stopped very suddenly within 30 yards.

“Three coaches came up and took the people away and then the fire engines arrived.”

The airport was closed for around an hour and all flights suspended as aviation bosses were put on red alert.

Engineers carried out an assessment of the plane, checking for any signs of a blaze.

But it was later confirmed the cause of the emergency was a faulty fire activation light, which had activated mid-flight.

Today, Ryanair apologised to its passengers, adding safety was its top priority.

A spokesman said: “Flight FR4021 from Liverpool to Agadir returned to Liverpool shortly after take-off as a precaution when a fire indicator light was activated. The aircraft, in keeping with safety procedures, returned to Liverpool and landed normally, whereupon all passengers were disembarked via the safety slides and transferred to the terminal by coach.

“Ryanair engineers have confirmed there was no fire and a faulty indicator light is the suspected cause of this turnback.

“In order to minimise the delay for passengers Ryanair has arranged a spare aircraft to carry them onwards to Agadir.

“Ryanair apologises for any inconvenience, but the safety of our passengers and crew will always be the number one priority.”

Private pilot Steve Baker was just about to leave the Tarmac in his small aircraft when the plane performed its emergency landing.

He added: “After it came down, the aircraft was surrounded by flashing lights.

“It stood towards the end of the runway, by the river.”

Robin Tudor, spokesman for John Lennon Airport, said: “The plane departed at 3.37pm from Liverpool and returned at 4.03pm, when we closed the airport. An emergency was declared after a report of a fire on board the plane.

“The emergency landing was performed safely, everyone was evacuated and we got passengers away from the aircraft as quickly as possible as a precaution.”

A spokesman for Merseyside police said: “We were alerted to reports of a plane on fire at 3.50pm and our officers headed to a pre-arranged rendezvous point at Hale Road and Speke Road.”

Scores of other families flying from Liverpool had their journeys thrown into chaos by the emergency landing. Airport bosses closed the runway for an hour, meaning no planes could take off or land.

Two easyJet flights to Barcelona and Geneva were cancelled after they missed their slots.

Inbound jets from Nice and Jersey were diverted to Manchester.

Passengers waiting to fly to Europe were held in the departure lounge but never made it to their planes.

They were told to pick up their bags and go back to check-in.

Staff at easyJet have vowed to find spaces on flights in the coming days

Danbo!

Startled witnesses said the plane touched down with its brakes shrieking, landing on its wheels, before coming to a juddering halt midway along the runway.

Shane Slv

after emergency landing 300
PASSENGERS were left fearing for their lives

??? A 737-800 cant carry 300 pax ?

One hundred and fifteen passengers and six crew members

syklops

Shane Slv wrote: »

??? A 737-800 cant carry 300 pax ?

Maybe there were passengers on the ground who were afraid?

The same story was on breakingnews.ie last night.

It was reported in a less sensationalist manner:

A Ryanair plane was forced to make an emergency landing earlier today after fears there was a fire onboard.

The flight was heading to Agadir in Morocco from Liverpool's John Lennon Airport but had to turn back when a fire indicator light was activated in the cockpit.

An airport spokesman says the landing was performed safely and no one was hurt.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2010/0104/ireland/ryanair-plane-makes-emergency-landing-440693.html#ixzz0bkTEm4Qw

Re the other article. Isn't there usually a certin amount of screeching when a plane lands?

diverdriver

That story looks like it was written by a twelve year old. A barely literate twelve year old.

Shane Slv

their shoulent be any major screeching, judging by the report the pilot used MAX AUTO-BREAK. This is the norm in emergency landings but the 737 uses a Antiskid system to prevent skidding. So don't know where the screeching came from, its a very poorly written artical

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eigrod wrote: »

Didn't see this reported here in Ireland.

Jesus what a shocking bit of writing!
Guess an incident on a flight between Liverpool and Morocco is not quite high on the priority of Irish news broadcasters.

Shane Slv

it was reported on breaking news, their irish

11811

Opps, missed that...:o

spadder

"But it was later confirmed the cause of the emergency was a faulty fire activation light, which had activated mid-flight."


"Pilot lands plane safely, no-one hurt" doesn't really sell newspapers

Danbo!

spadder wrote: »

"Pilot lands plane safely, no-one hurt" doesn't really sell newspapers

True, but trust one newspaper to sensationalise it!

FIRE INDICATION LIGHT FAILS ON RYANAIR AIRCRAFT, ALL PASSENGERS SAFE, BUT DEAD EAGER TO GET HOME TO FAMILIES BEFORE TOMORROW MORNINGS SNOW

Shane Slv

ha ha thats brill

si_guru

Staff at easyJet have vowed to find spaces on flights in the coming days..

God bless 'em... never have so many, owed so much... etc...



Hang on - turns out that's what they paid to do.

pclancy

Oh man that's the worst piece of aviation jorno I've ever read.

What other attachments do Ryanair jets usually use to land on apart from their wheels? Do they use skis in some airports? Or maybe tank-tracks for the poorly run ones...Crazy!

Danbo!

pclancy wrote: »

Oh man that's the worst piece of aviation jorno I've ever read.

What other attachments do Ryanair jets usually use to land on apart from their wheels? Do they use skis in some airports? Or maybe tank-tracks for the poorly run ones...Crazy!

Knowing ryanair's cost cutting measures, I'm surprised the plane had wheels :rolleyes:

Shane Slv

was fair bad,
hes so obvious in trying to ramp the incident up, Which will probably work for most people who are not in the know

Foggy43

Ryanair did make headlines here in the UK yesterday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8438837.stm

I guess you all heard this before? Certainly there has been threads on the issue.