Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left, flight log suggests

by MasterpieceNeat7220

17 comments

  1. So? Flight carries extra fuel in case of emergency.  Emergency happens (strong winds, 2 attempted landings, diversion to anothet airport, attempted landing, diversion to another different airport). Flight uses extra fuel. Flight lands safely.

  2. Always crazy how Ryanair is the only airline still trying to fly during storms. They tried to fly to Derry from Manchester during storm Éowyn last January despite red warnings, and even though people were being told to shelter in place, Ryanair was telling them the flight was boarding. Was only because they couldn’t land the plane from Manchester in Derry that they finally cancelled the flight 5 minutes before it was due to take off.. in a red weather warning.

  3. Don’t they have the best safety record or something?

  4. Not crazy at all. Their business model relies on planes being in the air for as much time as possible. They will only delay or cancel when told to by an involved third party (such departing ATC or arriving ATC).

  5. Close enough – didn’t even have to glide! /s (Seems a bit close.)

  6. Everyone is discussing this as if it’s a terrible issue, like they weren’t carrying enough fuel. In reality, they flew from Italy to Prestwick, they made multiple attempts to land in Prestwick before diverting to Manchester.

    So they had enough fuel to make it to their original destination, loiter at that airport while they attempted to land, then divert another 350ish km to an alternate airport.

  7. You should look up the flight they did. Basically circled Glasgow for a while waiting for weather and tried to land, then diverted to Edinburgh, circled there for ages and just when they were about to land weather was too bad, so they headed to Manchester.

  8. This isn’t anything new here channel 4 made a documentary about ryanair and the issues around its fuel policy. It was a dispatches documentary and I am sure it’s prob online to watch. Has a lot of pilots voicing concerns on flights they completed.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23686678.amp

    edit – the episode is called ryanair secrets of the cockpit

  9. Clickbait headline of the highest order ffs OP do better.

  10. A C130 had precisely the same issue and was diverted to Manchester with a squawk 770.

    This was not a Ryanair issue

  12. As a War Thunder player

    Eh, I’ve landed with less. We’re grand.

  13. Plane comes from Italy to Prestwick and couldn’t land due to weather, tries to land in Edinburgh and same story, before successfully landing in Manchester, two hours after it was due to land in Prestwick and people act like it running out of fuel is some sort of scandal. Ryanair has an impeccable safety record and the pilots did an excellent job here. No airline is immune from these situations and it’s not helpful from a somewhat reputable paper to be making it sound like Ryanair has six minutes of fuel left without mentioning the multiple diversions adding hours to the flight time. A non story.

  15. I’ve driven 40km on an empty tank before everybody knows the empty tank indicators just a suggestion anyway.

  16. This was a business decision by the tube of a CEO. If they are going to literally fall out of the sky then any airport legally has to let them land.

    Why I try to avoid if at all possible.

  17. A lot of planes dump fuel if the landing is going to be hairy.

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