Ryanair flight subject to two probes

A RYANAIR flight that passed as low as 20 feet over homes in a Cork suburb is the subject of two investigations.

The incident on Sunday evening, June 4, was reported to the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and the Department of Transport’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) after residents feared a potential disaster when they saw the Boeing 737 fly overhead at what they described as a very dangerous altitude.

The aircraft was arriving at Cork Airport from London Stansted shortly before 6pm but appeared to fly in an easterly direction from Ballincollig and across Bishopstown — at a right angle to the normal flight path for landing planes, which usually approach the runway in either a southerly or northerly direction.