Investigators probe emergency descent by Ryanair flight

THE Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of the Department of Transport has launched an inquiry into an incident on Friday night when a Ryanair flight had to make an emergency descent and deploy the passenger oxygen masks after the aircraft suffered pressurisation problems.

Ryanair flight FR-449, a scheduled service between Liverpool and Dublin, was flying at a height of 18,000 feet when the flight crew initiated the emergency descent.

The flight was about 55 miles east of Dublin when the crew declared an emergency.