US EditionRyanair plane 'crashes into fuel truck at UK airport' - passengers evacuated
- At 10am on Monday, a Ryanair aircraft collided with a fuel truck at Edinburgh Airport on the tarmac before take-off, prompting an incident response.
- The Boeing 737 Max was taxiing to the runway while preparing for departure when its wing tip struck the tanker cab as it began to move.
- Passengers disembarked and were taken off the plane to safety before returning to the terminal for a routine inspection while a replacement aircraft was arranged.
- Airport officials said there were no injuries or fire, and airport operations were unaffected with the airport fire brigade stood down after five minutes.
- Earlier this month, flights at Edinburgh were briefly grounded after an IT glitch, and some passengers called the Ryanair incident `scary`.
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It happened on the morning of Monday 22 December at Edinburgh airport. Boeing 737 was headed to Faro, Portugal. Passengers left with more than 2 hours delay
The Christmas holiday season got off to a stressful start for passengers at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland, when a plane bound for Portugal collided with a tanker truck carrying fuel just before takeoff. No one was injured in the incident.
An accident occurred at Edinburgh Airport when a Ryanair plane preparing to take off collided with a fuel truck. No one was injured in the incident and passengers were safely evacuated.
In the middle of Christmas travel traffic there is an accident at Edinburgh Airport. For passengers of flight FR5667 the journey ends for the time being on the runway.
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