On Monday, just after takeoff from Glasgow Prestwick Airport, a Ryanair flight declared an emergency.
Around 8:45 a.m., the 18-year-old pilot of Boeing 737-800, flight number FR655, took off from the airport and headed towards Malaga.
Minutes after takeoff, minutes above Stranraer, the plane squawked 7700, signifying a general emergency, according to flight monitoring data.
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Reserved for emergency situations, the squawk number 7700 instantly notifies Air Traffic Control (ATC) and other units that an aircraft is in difficulty.
Air Traffic Control may assign it, or the pilots may choose to input it into their transponder on their own.
Air Traffic Control may assign it, or the pilots may choose to input it into their transponder on their own.
The aircraft kept its altitude at 6,000 feet and made a diversion to Dublin Airport. Flight data indicates that the aircraft safely landed in Dublin at around 10 a.m. after going into a holding pattern.
It is said that when the aeroplane arrived, emergency cars were ready to welcome it.
Unverified reports speculate that problems with the flaps may have caused the diversion.
A Ryanair representative verified to The Herald that "a minor technical issue with the aircraft" was the reason for the flight's detour to Dublin.
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They further stated: "To minimise disruption to passengers, Ryanair quickly arranged for another plane to operate this flight while engineers examined the original aircraft, which arrived in Malaga this afternoon."
Unverified reports speculate that problems with the flaps may have caused the diversion.
A Ryanair representative verified to The Herald that "a minor technical issue with the aircraft" was the reason for the flight's detour to Dublin.
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They further stated: "To minimise disruption to passengers, Ryanair quickly arranged for another plane to operate this flight while engineers examined the original aircraft, which arrived in Malaga this afternoon."
