Flight FR1121 to Tenerife South rerouted back to BHX after a medical incident onboard on Sunday, June 22
A Ryanair flight at Birmingham Airport (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire)
A Ryanair flight from Birmingham Airport was forced to return to the city after a mid-air emergency.
Flight FR1121 to Tenerife South was rerouted back to BHX after a medical incident onboard the plane.
Emergency services rushed to the tarmac to meet the budget airliner yesterday (Sunday, June 22).
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BirminghamLive has approached Ryanair and West Midlands Ambulance Service for further comment.
The 189-seater Boeing 737-800 had been scheduled to leave Birmingham at 3.35pm.
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Flight data showed it then returned to the airport.
A Birmingham Airport spokesman told BirminghamLive: “Due to a medical emergency on board, an aircraft returned shortly after take-off.
“Our on-site fire service responded to this as a precaution and part of our procedures for an unplanned landing.”
The flight had been scheduled to depart again to the Canary Island after 8pm to make the four hour and 23 minute journey.
It would then have arrived in Tenerife after midnight today (Monday, June 23).