Rome –
Greater than 180 folks have been evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught hearth whereas taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy.
The incident comes two days after a tire blowout on one other of the airline’s Boeing planes throughout touchdown led to the short-term closure of Milan Bergamo Airport.
A spokesperson for the airport in Brindisi confirmed there had been a fireplace that halted air site visitors for a number of hours.
Ryanair, the Irish funds airline group that operates Europe’s largest plane fleet, mentioned all 184 passengers and crew have been safely evacuated on the runway after Thursday’s incident. The airplane had been certain for the northern Italian metropolis of Turin.
“Flight FR8826 from Brindisi to Turin (third Oct) was delayed this morning after cabin crew noticed fumes on the skin of the plane. Passengers have been disembarked with out incident and returned to the terminal by bus,” the airline mentioned in an announcement to CNN.
It mentioned that the plane was later changed, and passengers have been flown on to their vacation spot. The airport reopened round three hours later, in line with the airport’s web site.
On Tuesday, one other Ryanair plane – flight FR846 – headed into Milan Bergamo airport from Barcelona had a tire concern upon touchdown, which briefly closed the vacation spot airport.
“Passengers disembarked usually, and the plane was inspected by engineers, who’re presently servicing the plane in order that it will probably return to service,” Ryanair mentioned in an announcement to CNN.
Record of incidents
This week’s occasions prompted a number of Italian lawmakers to name for an inquiry into Ryanair’s security report, citing quite a few earlier incidents.
Andrea Caroppo and Mauro D’Attis, deputies in Italy’s decrease chamber of Parliament and a part of the Forza Italia get together that may be a member of Italy’s ruling coalition, referred to as for a senate listening to with the nation’s Nationwide Civil Aviation Authority, ENAC.
“This morning, at Brindisi airport, a brand new accident occurred, yet one more, on a Ryanair airplane,” mentioned Caroppo (who’s vice chairman of the Transport Fee of Italy’s decrease home of parliament), D’Attis and two different get together members in an announcement.
“We’ve due to this fact requested for an pressing listening to within the Transport Fee on the Chamber of ENAC leaders, with a deal with the security of Ryanair flights, which – it’s price remembering – is the main provider in Italy for passenger site visitors,” the assertion mentioned.
The assertion listed different incidents, together with one in Might when a flight from the Italian port of Bari to London needed to flip round due to technical issues, and one other flight in Might departing from the northern metropolis of Bologna to Brussels that needed to make an emergency touchdown in Luxembourg due to a fireplace onboard.
“And these are simply a few of the many, too many accidents which have concerned Ryanair in latest months, in Italy and Europe,” the assertion provides.
Ryanair didn’t reply to a CNN request for touch upon the lawmakers’ assertion. Boeing, the producer of each plane concerned on this week’s incidents, referred CNN to Ryanair.
A spokesperson for ENAC mentioned it was investigating the 2 incidents this week individually.