The plane crashed into a barrier and suffered a badly smashed wing at a Greek airport
15:22, 19 Jun 2025Updated 17:08, 19 Jun 2025
The plane crashed into a barrier and suffered a badly smashed wing at a Greek airport
A Ryanair plane from UK crashed on the runway – wrecking its wing moments after landing at a holiday airport and leaving Brits terrified. The plane crashed into a barrier and suffered a badly smashed wing at a Greek airport.
The Boeing 737 suffered “severe turbulence” during the flight, reports the Sun newspaper. Flight FR6080 departing from London Stansted on Wednesday morning landed safely at Kalamata International Airport.
A source told The Sun: “The flight took off from London Stansted on Wednesday morning and headed for Kalamata. There was severe turbulence during the flight, but it managed to land on the runway at Kalamata International.
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“The crew said it was going to be a bumpy landing.” They added: “But while it was taxi-ing down the runway towards the red and white barrier at the end, the plane turned and everyone heard this loud banging sound.
“You could feel the impact.” The source continued: “There was an announcement that everyone had to wait on the plane for the fire brigade.
“With the wing damaged the way it was, why wouldn’t you evacuate the plane first? Everyone was scared – it was the fact they said wait on the plane even though there was clearly a risk of fire.”
They also said there was already talk about “how weird it was that there was no signal for seatbelts while there was turbulence”.
A Ryanair spokesman said: “This flight from London Stansted to Kalamata (18 June) was taxiing to stand when the wing tip came in contact with a fence at Kalamata Airport.
“The aircraft subsequently continued to stand, and passengers disembarked normally. The aircraft then underwent the required inspections and maintenance prior to its return to service.”
Ryanair is rivalled by the likes of Easyjet, Jet2, TUI and more. Kalamata Airport is the 16th busiest airport in Greece with nearly 300.000 passengers.
The airport is located between Kalamata and Messene on the GR-82. On its website, Easyjet says there is a bus stop located right outside of the airport, which has regular buses to Kalamata, but other destinations may be difficult to get to and require that you hire a taxi