Ryanair flight makes emergency landing at Dublin airport

The flight was travelling from Milan Bergamo to Knock Airport.

The flight, FR1746, was en route from Milan Bergamo to Knock Airport when it declared an emergency over Wales.

The crew were forced to run the engine on idle - meaning only one engine was in operation - until they reached Dublin, where they were able to carry out an emergency landing and hit the runway at 6:20pm.

The flight left Milan at 3:30pm.

Aviation journalist @Shauns_Aviation reported that flight FR1746 was experiencing "strong vibrations in the left hand side engine."

"Because of that, they are now running it on idle, so only one engine is powering the aircraft," he added.

🚨Emergency Inbound🚨#FR1746 / #RYR3KD is currently Squawking 7700, indicating an Emergency.

They are currently Experiencing strong vibrations in the Left hand side Engine (Engine 1), because of that, they are now running it on idle, so only 1 engine is powering the aircraft.… pic.twitter.com/qQRxKU8KYZ

— Shauns_Aviation🇮🇪✈️ (@Shauns_Aviation) July 18, 2024

According to Dublin Live, the aircraft was inspected at Dublin Airport before a replacement plane was arranged to transport passengers from Dublin to Knock. This took off at 8:45pm.

A spokesperson for Ryanair said in a statement: "This flight from Milan to Knock (18 July) diverted to Dublin due to a minor technical issue with the aircraft. The aircraft landed normally and was taken for inspection by engineers.

"To minimise disruption to passengers, a replacement aircraft was quickly arranged to continue this flight from Dublin to Knock, which departed at 20.45 local."

Hours later, Ryanair was hit by a major global IT outage, along with other major airlines, banks and media outlets across the world.

In a post on X, Ryanair said: “We’re currently experiencing disruption across the network due to a Global 3rd party IT outage which is out of our control. We advise all passengers to arrive at the airport at least 3 hours before their scheduled departure time.

“If you’re due to travel today and have not already checked-in for your flight, you can do so at the airport. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused as a result of this Global 3rd party IT outage.”

If you're due to travel today and have not already checked-in for your flight, you can do so at the airport. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused as a result of this Global 3rd party IT outage.

— Ryanair (@Ryanair) July 19, 2024

The BBC reported that the departure boards at Edinburgh airport had frozen, whilst TV channels Sky News and CBBC both went off air due to the outages.