Multiple passengers on a Ryanair holiday flight to Tenerife were injured when their plane hit severe turbulence. The Boeing 737 Max returned to its starting point, Birmingham airport, where it was met by emergency services. The airline said: “A small number of passengers were provided with medical assistance.”
Ryanair flight FR1121 pushed back from the gate at Birmingham a few minutes ahead of its 2.50pm departure time on Sunday 28 December. The four-year-old twin jet took off at 3.05pm and climbed to cruising altitude of 37,000ft 40 minutes later – just as it crossed the French coast and reached the town of Morlaix in Brittany.
