False alarm on Ryanair flight marks fourth technical problem in 10 days

 ROME - yet another Italian Ryanair flight has had to perform an emergency disembarkation after technical issues - the fourth occurence in 10 days. 

 On Thursday morning, the flight bound for London had to turn back to Salento Airport in Brindisi a mere 40 minutes into its jouney when warning lights appeared in the cockpit. Passengers were evacuated and the aeroplane was checked over by ground crew, but no technical issues were found. The flight left successfully for London that afternoon. 

 But this is far from the first technical difficulty Ryanair have faced recently; this incident is the fourth link in a peculiar, if not alarming, chain of malfunctions in their aircrafts that has developed in the last ten days.

 At the same airport exactly a week earlier (Thursday 3 Oct.), another Ryanair flight, this time to Turin, had to cancel its departure when the right engine caught fire. No one was hurt, but the damage to the airport's international departure schedule was significant. 

 This incident in turn followed one at Milan Bergamo on Oct. 1, where a Ryanair flight's tyres burst upon touchdown. Five days after this, on Sunday 6, a flight from Memmingen to Brindisi also noted warning lights in the cabin, but did not have to perform an emergency landing as the alarm soon switched off.

 These recent issues sparked national and official concern for the safety of the low-cost airline's services, with various government ministers calling for an emergency meeting of the National Institute for Civil Aviation. This concern can only be heightened now that another case has been added to the list. Whether it is a streak of bad luck or indicitive of a more serious problem, the results of any official enquiry will be much anticipated. 

 

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