Holidaymakers on board a Ryanair flight had a ‘scary’ experience after a close call incident at Edinburgh Airport.
The passengers’ Christmas getaway was briefly disrupted at the Scottish capital’s airport this morning after a fuel tanker and flight FR5667 to Faro, Portugal, made contact on the tarmac.
The Boeing 737 Max was taxing from the terminal when its wing tip touched the tanker.
People were evacuated as a precaution and taken back to the terminal to wait while a routine inspection was carried out.
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There were no injuries.
One passenger told The Scottish Sun the plane had just started to move when it ‘crashed into the fuel tank,’ saying it was ‘scary.’
‘Thankfully, we weren’t going at a fast speed,’ they said.
Metro understands that the incident had no impact on airport operations and the airport’s fire brigade was stood down after five minutes.
A plane departed for Faro with passengers on board around two hours after following a routine inspection, it is understood.
Flightradar24 data shows the plane was scheduled to leave at 10.5am, and was estimated to depart at 12.25pm.
A Ryanair spokesperson told Metro: ‘This flight from Edinburgh to Faro (22 Dec) was preparing for departure when the wing tip came in contact with the cab of a fuel truck.
‘Passengers disembarked normally and a replacement aircraft was arranged to operate this flight to Faro.’
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said in a statement: ‘We were alerted at 10.04am on Monday, 22 December to assist partners with an incident involving an aircraft at Edinburgh Airport.
‘Operations Control immediately mobilised six fire appliances and special resources as a precaution, however, most resources were stood down and only one appliance was required to attend the scene to liaise with airport partners.
‘They left after ensuring no further assistance was required.’
Earlier this month, flights were grounded after an IT glitch hit Edinburgh Airport.
It was due to a local issue with the air traffic control service provider not linked to Cloudflare outage reported on the same day.
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