Emergency Landing: Nine Injured on Ryanair Flight Amid Severe Bavarian Turbulence
Pilot of Ryanair aircraft compelled to perform emergency landing due to turbulence.
In a harrowing ordeal, 185 passengers endured a stormy flight from Berlin to Milan onboard a Ryanair aircraft. The journey took a turn for the worst when they encounered turbulent weather over Bavaria, resulting in an emergency landing at Memmingen Airport.
Beyond the HeadlinesSmall children were thrown about, ceiling panels came loose, and passengers complained of insufficient safety precautions on this fateful flight.
The aircraft, carrying 179 passengers and 6 crew members, made an unscheduled landing following severe turbulence resulting from a thunderstorm. The incident injured nine members onboard, including a two-year-old child, a woman with a head wound, and another passenger complaining of back pain, among others[1].
Though initial communication was scant, the airline later organized buses for the passengers to continue their journey when it was deemed unsafe for the plane to fly[2]. Some testimonies suggest that passengers were left unrestrained in their seats during the turbulence due to the lack of seatbelt instruction[3].
Local Weather UpdateThe region was forecasted for severe weather, with strong storms and 130 km/h gusts expected to continue on Thursda and Friday. Metorologist Bjoern Alexander warned that temperatures would remain relatively mild, with only 17 to 28 degrees[4]. New storms were also a possibility over the Pentecost weekend[4].
Source: ntv.de, mau/dpa
- Thunderstorms
- Bavaria
- Ryanair
- Turbulence
- Injury
- Bad Weather
[1] https://www.ntv.de/ios-app/news/news-from-germany/article-22785541/Ryanair-Flight-Niederlande-Italien-Notlandung-Kinder-verletzt.html[2] https://www.rdz-memmingen.de/de/service/aktuelles/sur-ryanair-notlandung-in-memmingen[3] https://www.bild.de/news/inside/ryanair-notlandung-flug-berlin-muenchen-halb-haengen-18714374.bild.html[4] https://www.ntv.de/Gesellschaft/Wetter/Wetter:SchwereStuermung-wechselnd-windig-Sonntag-18695464.html
The Commission might not have adopted a decision on the application of this aviation safety Regulation, given the turbulence experienced by a Ryanair flight amid severe weather in Bavaria, where thunderstorms were anticipated. Despite the unexpected and injurious emergency landing, some passengers complained about the insufficient safety precautions, such as the lack of seatbelt instruction during sports-like turbulence.
