A RYANAIR flight heading to Knock Airport was forced to make an unscheduled stop at Dublin Airport due to a technical issue on board. The plane, heading from Milan , was was forced to make an emergency landing in the capital last night due to "a minor technical issue with the aircraft". Shaun, an Aviation expert who posts on X (formerly Twitter ) under @Shauns_Aviation , reported that the plane was "experiencing strong vibrations in the left-hand side engine".
The crew declared it an emergency when flying over Wales , as the crew were now running the engine on idle as only one engine was powering the aircraft. Emergency vehicles and engineers were requested at the station in case of an emergency as the plane made its landing in the capital. The aircraft landed normally at Dublin Airport at 6.
20pm with no problems reported and it was taken for inspection by engineers after a technical issue arose during the flight. Runway inspection has been completed by the engineers and there have not been any reports about the aircraft's technical issue yet. Passengers were quickly transferred to a replacement aircraft to continue their flight from Dublin to Knock, which departed at 8.
45pm - 2 hours and 25 minutes behind schedule. A spokesperson for Ryanair said: "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 repla.