Near miss between Ryanair plane and Cessna at Cork Airport

Planes at Cork Airport. Picture: Stock

Cork Airport was the site of a near-miss incident between a Ryanair Boeing 737 and a Cessna plane last summer, it has been reported.

While the planes did not collide they were less than 100 feet in distance apart at altitude at one stage according to a synopsis account by AirNav Ireland, the State’s air traffic management provider, seen by the Sunday Independent.