A Ryanair flight to London was forced to return to Brindisi airport in Italy after warning lights started flashing in the cabin, according to local media.
Lights went off, prompting the aircraft to make an unscheduled return to Puglia some 40 minutes after takeoff, per the Italian ANSA news agency.
No emergencies were reported and the plane departed later in the afternoon.
Ryanair told MailOnline the flight to London Stansted returned due to a ‘minor technical issue’ and was serviced before continuing on to its destination.
It comes just days after a Ryanair flight carrying 184 passengers was forced to abandon its takeoff as flames were seen shooting out of the left engine.
File. A flight from Brindisi Papola Casale Airport returned over a minor technical issue
A flight from Italy’s Aeroporti di Puglia airport in Brindisi was abandoned after a ‘strong flame’ was spotted on the wing
Passengers aboard Thursday’s flight were made to disembark in the gate area and reboard the same aircraft, local media reports.
The aircraft took off again at 2:28pm, some three hours after its scheduled departure at 11:30am.
A spokesperson for Ryanair told MailOnline: ‘This flight from Brindisi to Stansted returned to Brindisi Airport shortly after take-off due to a minor technical issue with the aircraft.
‘The aircraft landed normally and was serviced by engineers before continuing to Stansted a short time later.’
The incident comes days after a flight from Italy was halted after flames were seen coming from an engine.
A flight from Italy’s Aeroporti di Puglia airport in Brindisi was abandoned after a ‘strong flame’ was spotted on the wing of the Boeing 737-800 as it taxied last week.
Everyone onboard was escorted off using an inflatable slide following ‘moments of fear’, Corriere Della Sera reported.
It added that all planes from the airport were grounded for just under three hours, before planes were allowed to fly again at 11.25am local time.
A spokesperson said: ‘Flight FR8826 from Brindisi to Turin was delayed this morning after cabin crew observed fumes on the outside of the aircraft.
‘Passengers were disembarked without incident and returned to the terminal by bus.
‘We sincerely apologise to affected passengers for this delay.’
Last Tuesday, a Ryanair flight from Barcelona to Bergamo’s Orio al Serio airport, near Milan, was claimed to have suffered a ‘bad landing’ before ‘all four’ tyres exploded.
Dramatic pictures showed the passenger plane with tyres missing and metal wheels ground down after apparently scraping along the runway, which was also damaged.
Alice Longhurst, a marketing consultant from London, said: ‘You could smell the burning rubber in the plane. That was quite scary.
‘We were ready to go and there were flames which was scary. I was shocked. I never experienced anything like this before.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: ‘Flight FR846 from Barcelona to Milan Bergamo (1 Oct) experienced a tyre issue upon landing at Milan Bergamo Airport.
‘Passengers disembarked normally, and the aircraft was inspected by engineers, who are currently servicing the aircraft so that it can return to service.’
Ryanair flight FR846 which arrived from Barcelona El Prat, on the runway of Orio al Serio airport, in Bergamo, Italy
Dramatic pictures show one one of the burst tyres on the Ryanair plane
Reported accidents have declined overall in recent years.
From 2010 to 2023, there were an average of 36 incidents on planes each year in the US.
In 2007, the National Transportation Safety Board reviewed 24million flight hours, observing a crash every 6.84 of 100,000 flight hours.
1.19 of 100,000 resulted in a fatal crash.
This was down from the high of 9.08 accidents per 100,000 hours in 1994.
Around 80 per cent of all aviation accidents can be attributed to human error, per Panish Law.
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