The Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit has identified a series of poor pilot decisions and a range of serious systemic failures, and has issued 11 safety recommendations following its exhaustive probe into the 2011 Cork Airport plane crash disaster.

Three Ryanair flights were carrying enough fuel when they made separate mayday calls in one day in Spain, a report has found.

A newly promoted captain took a plane’s power controls seconds before it crashed a year ago in thick fog at Cork Airport, accident investigators have revealed.

Ryanair is to take legal action against a number of Spanish unions over wildcat strikes of air traffic controllers (ATCs) earlier this month which caused the cancellation of over 500 Ryanair flights.