Ryanair flight ‘drops 10,000ft’ as ‘a number of accidents onboard earlier than emergency UK touchdown

A Ryanair flight from Birmingham to Tenerife has plummeted “10,000 feet”, with the major turbulence causing several injuries on board.

The flight returned to Birmingham and landed 1 hour and 32 minutes after departure at 2.50pm today (December 28), and was parked on the remote stand of the airport for emergency services to assist the passengers.

According to reports, Ryanair’s Boeing 737 MAX took off from runway 15 at Birmingham and climbed to 35,000 feet then entered French airspace when the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The Daily Star has contacted Ryanair for further information on the incident.

According to comments on an expert website, one passenger said the pilot announced “we have run into another airplanes turbulence which was 7 miles ahead”.

The comment added: “Three passengers I’ve spoke to said they saw a fighter jet going in the opposite direction, just before the plane twisted 45’ and dropped, causing passengers to leave their seats and hit heads. A lady took the brunt of the serving trolley to her hand and needed medical attention.”

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