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Six minutes from tragedy, Ryanair plane runs out of fuel in mid-air

2025-10-10 11:42:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

A Ryanair passenger plane was just six minutes away from running out of fuel before making an emergency landing in Manchester. The incident occurred on October 3rd when the flight from Pisa to Glasgow's Prestwick Airport issued an emergency alert for a critical fuel shortage.

The plane was forced to divert to Manchester for an emergency landing as powerful storm "Amy" battered Britain with winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour.

Flight FR1194 faced several unsuccessful landing attempts, first at Prestwick and then at Edinburgh Airport before landing safely in Manchester, almost two hours after the first landing attempt.

According to reports, the plane had only 220 liters of fuel left in its tank at the time of landing, an amount that is only enough for another 5 to 6 minutes of flight. This brings the plane very close to the “minimum mandatory reserve” figure for safe flight, which for a Boeing 737-800 should be at least 30 minutes of reserve fuel in any case.

One of the passengers on board, Alexander Marchi, told the Ayr Advertiser newspaper of his experiences during the dramatic flight. “The plane did a few spins before the first attempt to land, but immediately took off. The second time we were very close to the ground, but we took off again with force. We were then told that we would be diverted to Manchester.”

He added that only after watching the news did the passengers realize how close they had been to a potential disaster.

"When we found out we only had a few minutes of fuel left, people were shocked. Everyone just wanted to get off and no one wanted to get on another plane for a long time."

Ryanair has confirmed the incident and said it is fully cooperating with the relevant authorities who have launched an official investigation. “Ryanair reported this matter to the relevant authorities on October 3. As the matter is the subject of an ongoing investigation, we are unable to comment further at this time,” a company spokesperson said.


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