{"id":659817,"date":"2025-12-29T08:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659817\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:03:17","slug":"ryanair-flight-returns-to-birmingham-after-turbulence-leaves-passengers-needing-medical-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659817\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair flight returns to Birmingham after turbulence leaves passengers needing &#8216;medical assistance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boeing 737 MAX took off from Birmingham, climbing to 35,000 feet before the crew declared an emergency<\/p>\n<p>21:55, 28 Dec 2025Updated 22:30, 28 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_passengers-with-carry-on-bags-boarding-a-Ryanair-Boeing-737-800-with-a-tug-attached.jpg\" alt=\"passengers with carry-on bags boarding a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 with a tug attached. (Photo by: aviation-images.com\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The Ryanair flight had to turn back(Image: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Ryanair flight has been forced to perform an emergency landing after major turbulence caused &#8216;multiple injuries&#8217; onboard. The flight to Tenerife returned to Birmingham and landed 1 hour and 32 minutes after its departure at 2.50pm on Sunday (December 28).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It was parked on the remote stand of the airport for emergency services to assist the passengers. According to reports, Ryanair&#8217;s Boeing 737 MAX took off from runway 15 at Birmingham and climbed to 35,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The plane then entered French airspace when the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700), the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Daily Star<\/a> reports. Ryanair has been contacted for further information on the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to comments on an expert website, one passenger said the pilot announced &#8220;we have run into another airplanes turbulence which was 7 miles ahead&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_G9RHX5iXIAAWYvFjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Ryanair flight 'drops 10,000ft' as 'multiple injuries onboard before emergency UK landing\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>An emergency alert was issued(Image: X)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The comment added: &#8220;Three passengers I&#8217;ve spoke to said they saw a fighter jet going in the opposite direction, just before the plane twisted 45&#8242; and dropped, causing passengers to leave their seats and hit heads. A lady took the brunt of the serving trolley to her hand and needed medical attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a statement, Ryanair told the Daily Star: &#8220;FR1121 from Birmingham to Tenerife on 28th December returned to Birmingham Airport shortly after take-off due to air turbulence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The aircraft landed normally before passengers disembarked and returned to the terminal, where a small number of passengers were provided with medical assistance. This flight continued to Tenerife at 21:06 local.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boeing 737 MAX took off from Birmingham, climbing to 35,000 feet before the crew declared an emergency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,603,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-659817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-national-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115801817475044775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}