Ryanair flight from Manchester to Lanzarote is forced to turn back in mid-air and land after colliding with a bird
- Flight from Manchester was forced to land at Liverpool John Lennon airport
- Reports say delays had been caused due to a bird flying into the plane’s engine
- One flight tracker said FR2131 had to go back to Manchester due to a ‘bird strike’
A RyanAir flight to Lanzarote had to turn back after colliding with a bird.
The 7.50am flight from Manchester Airport was forced to land at Liverpool John Lennon airport at 9.23am, but delays had been caused due to a bird flying into the plane’s engine.
One online flight tracker said that Ryanair’s FR2131 had to go back to Manchester due to a ‘bird strike’.
Ryanair FR2131 from to Lanzarote was diverted and landed Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Flight Radar shows
A Twitter user asked for information on the flight because the ‘engines sounded really rough’. Another said it was a ‘bird strike on takeoff’, while others revealed the flight disturbed their sleep because it ‘sounded like a broken turbo prop at 3,000 feet’
A Twitter user asked for information on the flight because the ‘engines sounded really rough’.
Another said it was a ‘bird strike on takeoff’, while others revealed the flight disturbed their sleep because it ‘sounded like a broken turbo prop at 3,000 feet’.
One commenter said: ‘Never heard something sounding so rough from a plane glad its landed safely.’
The FR2131 flight was also said to have ‘sounded like a prop when flying over our office in Knutsford’.
A RyanAir spokesman told MailOnline: ‘This flight from Manchester to Lanzarote (13th Oct) diverted to Liverpool airport following a minor bird strike.
‘The aircraft landed normally, and customers were transferred to a replacement aircraft which departed to Lanzarote following a short delay of approximately one hour.
‘Ryanair sincerely apologised to all affected customers.’
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