Irish holidaymakers on an Aer Lingus flight from Lanzarote to Dublin were left terrified after the plane almost ran out of fuel.
The plane was due to land in Dublin on Wednesday night but was forced to divert to Shannon Airport at the last minute as there was no runway available to land in Dublin Airport.
However, as they headed for Shannon Airport passengers were warned about a possible evacuation as the plane was "very low on fuel".
A number of passengers shared about the scary ordeal online, taking to Twitter to describe the "chaos".
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One said: “Was very scary. Most thought plane had serious issue at that stage as wasn’t clear what was going on.”
Another wrote: “Don’t forget the announcement on approach to Shannon about what to do if an evacuation is needed. The plane was very low on fuel.”
The diverted flight refuelled in Shannon before flying back in Dublin where it landed in the early hours of the morning.
One man on the flight said: “More utter chaos from Aer Lingus. Flight delayed, takes off 2hrs late, gets as far as Bray, but there’s no runway (at Dublin) big enough free to take the plane.
"They don’t have enough fuel to circle so have to divert to Shannon….all at 2am.
"They have to wait to refuel and take off for Dublin again and hope the runway is free this time.
"[Credit] to @ShannonAirport... refuelling happened fairly quickly and the rerouted flight arrived in Dublin at 4am.
"It was still an unwelcome worry for those involved and for family waiting, unaware of what was going on."
The Irish Mirror have contacted Aer Lingus for comment, they told the Irish Sun: "Aer Lingus flight EI779, which was operated by Privilege Style on behalf of Aer Lingus, from Lanzarote to Dublin yesterday evening, was diverted to Shannon for operational reasons but then continued to Dublin, arriving less than two hours behind schedule.
"We apologise to those customers impacted for the delay.”
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