Passengers watch in horror as two Ryanair planes collide on Dublin Airport runway The Evening Standard followed suit: Passengers watched in terror as two Ryanair planes crashed into each other on the runway at Dublin airport. Quick point: neither aircraft was actually on a runway. The first aircraft was holding short of the runway and the second aircraft was behind it. Ryanair, on the other hand, referred to the ground incident as a “scrape”. A notice was posted onto their website that afternoon with the following statement: Two of our aircraft were taxiing slowly to the runway at Dublin Airport this morning. The winglet of one aircraft appears to have scraped the tail of the other. Both aircraft were under the instruction of Dublin Airport Air Traffic Control at the time. There was no impact on customers on board and Ryanair contacted the IAA and worked with them to return both aircraft to stand. Affected customers disembarked, were provided with refreshment vouchers and boarded two replacement aircraft, which departed to Brussels Charleroi and Edinburgh later this morning. The notice has since been deleted from the site. The winglet or sharklet extends above and more recently also below the wing at the wingtip. They increase the performance for jets by reducing drag, which can mean a higher cruise speed or more commonly, better fuel efficiency.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 05:53:39 +0000
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