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| Two injured as Ryanair plane makes emergency descent in Italy | Two injured as Ryanair plane makes emergency descent in Italy |
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| A Ryanair flight has been forced to divert from its route and make an emergency descent to the Italian city of Genoa after a warning over potential loss of cabin pressure. | A Ryanair flight has been forced to divert from its route and make an emergency descent to the Italian city of Genoa after a warning over potential loss of cabin pressure. |
| Two female passengers were taken to hospital after flight FR4632 from Valencia to Milan, which was carrying more than 90 people, reacted to a pressurisation warning by descending to a lower altitude. | |
| Upon landing at Cristoforo Colombo airport in Genoa – around 90 miles from their intended destination – most passengers were transferred by bus to Milan. The two women were later released from hospital. | |
| "In line with standard operational procedure, the pilot deployed the oxygen masks and began an emergency supervised descent to a non-pressurised altitude before landing normally in Genoa at 9.50am," a statement from Ryanair said. | "In line with standard operational procedure, the pilot deployed the oxygen masks and began an emergency supervised descent to a non-pressurised altitude before landing normally in Genoa at 9.50am," a statement from Ryanair said. |
| The low-cost airline, which is based in Ireland and flies to eight Italian airports, including in Rome and Milan, added that its engineers were inspecting the plane before allowing it back into service. | The low-cost airline, which is based in Ireland and flies to eight Italian airports, including in Rome and Milan, added that its engineers were inspecting the plane before allowing it back into service. |
| In April last year a Ryanair flight from Milan's Bergamo airport to East Midlands airport was forced to make an emergency descent of 6,400 metres when a pressurisation warning was issued. | In April last year a Ryanair flight from Milan's Bergamo airport to East Midlands airport was forced to make an emergency descent of 6,400 metres when a pressurisation warning was issued. |