US EditionRyanair Passengers Injured in Evacuation After 'False Alarm' on Flight
- On the evening of July 4, a Ryanair flight bound for Manchester aborted takeoff at Palma de Mallorca Airport due to a false fire alarm.
- The false alarm led passengers to evacuate using inflatable slides, prompted by a fire warning light indication despite no fire being present onboard.
- Eighteen passengers suffered minor injuries, including ankle sprains and fractures, with six requiring hospital treatment while others were treated onsite.
- Four ambulances responded, and a replacement aircraft departed Palma at 7:05 AM the following morning to minimise disruption to passengers.
- Aena stated that airport operations remained uninterrupted following the incident, while medical professionals advised that the injured passengers were unfit to travel until July 7.
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A false alarm of fire led passengers to jump off a plane at Palma de Majorca Airport. 18 people were injured, 6 had to be taken to the hospital.
As a result of a false fire warning, passengers on Ryanair Palma de Mallorca-Manchester were forced to use the inflatable ramps to extract from the aircraft, an event which should not have occurred and which caused 18 injuries.
Panic broke out on a Ryanair flight from Mallorca to Manchester. The fire alarm went off before the plane even took off.
Shafaq News – Madrid – Ryanair reported on Saturday that several people suffered minor injuries during an emergency evacuation of one of its planes after a false alarm in Mallorca, Spain. The airline said in a statement that the flight to Manchester, northern England, was canceled late Friday night “due to an erroneous fire warning light indication,” according to the Associated Press. It continued that during the disembarkation process, a small …
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