Europe's news in English

COPY LINK

RYANAIR

Five injured on Spain-bound Ryanair flight

Five people on board a Ryanair flight from Dublin to the Catalan city of Reus have been injured after severe turbulence caused them to be "catapulted from their seats".

Published: 25 June 2014 14:23 CEST

Five injured on Spain-bound Ryanair flight

The aircraft reportedly dipped at a 60 degree angle throwing bags and belongings in all directions. Photo: Michael Osmenda/Flickr

According to the low-cost airline, three cabin crew members and two passengers suffered minor cuts and bruises.

But online Irish daily The Journal has since spoken to some of the people on board, who claim passengers hit the ceiling when they were “catapulted from their seats”.

One passenger is said to be awaiting an air ambulance back to Ireland to undergo surgery on her neck.

The aircraft reportedly dipped at a 60 degree angle throwing bags and belongings in all directions.

“One passenger on board claims that one of the injured passengers is awaiting an air ambulance back to Ireland to undergo surgery on her neck,” The Journal reported on Wednesday.

Other testimonies describe scenes of panic as an air hostess rushed down the aisle asking if there were any doctors or nurses on board, leading some passengers to believe the pilot had been injured.

Those who did help the injured were not medical professionals and had to use plastic bags and tissue as cabin crew told them only doctors could use the first aid kit.

Don't miss stories about Spain, join The Local on Facebook and Twitter.

Member comments

Log in here to leave a comment.

Become a Member to leave a comment.

UPDATE: Ryanair passenger jet makes emergency landing in Berlin over 'fake bomb threat'

A Ryanair flight making an emergency landing

The flight from Dublin to Krakow made the unexpected diversion after a reported bomb threat, German newspaper Bild Zeitung said.

“We were notified by the Krakow airport that an airport employee received a phone call saying an explosive device had been planted on the plane,” said regional police spokesman, Sebastian Glen.

“German police checked and there was no device, no bomb threat at all. So we know this was a false alarm,” he told AFP on Monday.

“The perpetrator has not been detained, but we are doing everything possible to establish their identity,” Glen added, saying the person faces eight years in prison.

With 160 people on board, the flight arrived at the Berlin Brandenburg airport shortly after 8 pm Sunday, remaining on the tarmac into early Monday morning.

A Berlin police spokesperson said that officers had completed their security checks “without any danger being detected”.

“The passengers will resume their journey to Poland on board a spare aeroplane,” she told AFP, without giving more precise details for the alert.

The flight was emptied with the baggage also searched and checked with sniffer dogs, German media reported.

The passengers were not able to continue their journey until early Monday morning shortly before 4:00 am. The federal police had previously classified the situation as harmless. The Brandenburg police are now investigating the case.

Police said that officers had completed their security checks “without any danger being detected”.

“The Ryanair plane that made an emergency landed reported an air emergency and was therefore immediately given a landing permit at BER,” airport spokesman Jan-Peter Haack told Bild.

“The aircraft is currently in a safe position,” a spokeswoman for the police told the newspaper.

The incident comes a week after a Ryanair flight was forced to divert to Belarus, with a passenger — a dissident journalist — arrested on arrival.

And in July last year, another Ryanair plane from Dublin to Krakow was forced to make an emergency landing in London after a false bomb threat.

READ ALSO: Germany summons Belarus envoy over forced Ryanair landing

Url copied to clipboard!