Flight Chaos: Storm Bram Forces Ryanair Plane to Abort Landing and Return to Manchester
A Ryanair Boeing 737, carrying passengers from Manchester to Dublin, was caught in the midst of a severe storm that brought high winds to the UK and Ireland on Tuesday. The flight, number 555, was supposed to be a 40-minute journey, but it turned into a 2.5-hour ordeal as the plane struggled to land in Dublin due to Storm Bram.
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The storm, which caused widespread disruption across Ireland and the UK, brought wind gusts of up to 57 mph to Dublin. The airport was hit particularly hard, with nearly 100 flights canceled and around 10 diverted. The challenging wind conditions made it difficult for aircraft to land and take off, leading to a significant impact on flight operations.
Flight 555’s Ordeal
Ryanair Flight 555 departed Manchester in the afternoon, but its pilots were unable to bring the plane down on its first landing attempt. The Boeing 737 circled off the coast a few times before heading back out to sea, entering another holding pattern. Two hours after leaving Manchester, the pilots made a second landing attempt, but again, the plane was unable to touch down.
Diversion to Manchester
Faced with the challenging weather conditions, the pilots decided to divert the plane back to Manchester. The flight landed there around 5:30 p.m., nearly two and a half hours after it had taken off. The passengers, who were initially expecting a quick hop across the Irish Sea, were left stranded in Manchester.
Return to Dublin
Once the weather conditions improved, the flight eventually left Manchester and landed in Dublin just after 8:10 p.m. Ryanair said that the flight was diverted back to Manchester due to high winds at Dublin Airport.
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