Ryanair cabin supervisor who slipped on de-icing fluid awarded €85k

As a result of the fall, Fiona Nangle suffered a spiral fracture to her right humerus, required surgery, was incapacitated for a number of months and needed assistance in daily tasks like looking after her children, court heard

Judge said air carriers recognise the presence of de-icing fluid trekked in on footwear onto cabin floor surfaces is a tripping hazard and Ryanair itself had documented three reported instances of slips leading to injury of cabin crew in the two months before this accident. File picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

A Ryanair cabin supervisor has been awarded €84,790 by the High Court after she was injured when she slipped on greasy de-icing fluid trekked into a plane by passengers.

Fiona Nangle, 40, Latt Hills, Cavan, sued the airline over the accident, when she fell on the vinyl floor surface in the forward cabin section shortly after take off of a Dublin-Warsaw bound flight on February 11, 2018.