Ryanair cleared of breaching safety rules

Ryanair has been cleared of allegations that it breached safety rules when three of its planes had to make emergency landings all on the same day in July at Madrid airport.

A joint investigation by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and Spanish authorities said Ryanair’s safety standards were “on a par with the safest airlines in Europe”, and they raised issues about the airports at Madrid and Valencia.

Ryanair has been under attack from Spanish politicians and media for the last few months after the transport department in Madrid claimed it had compiled a report of 1,201 incidents involving Ryanair for the first half of this year.