A Ryanair flight bound for London was forced to return to Brindisi airport in Italy after warning lights began flashing in the cabin, according to local media.
The lights went out, causing the plane to make an unscheduled return to Puglia about 40 minutes after takeoff, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.
No emergencies were reported and the plane took off later that afternoon.
Ryanair told MailOnline the flight to London Stansted returned due to a “minor technical issue” and was repaired before continuing to its destination.
It comes just days after a Ryanair flight carrying 184 passengers was forced to abandon take-off when flames were seen coming from the left engine.
Archive. A flight from Brindisi’s Papola Casale airport returned due to a minor technical problem
A flight from Brindisi’s Aeroporti di Puglia airport in Italy was abandoned after a “strong flame” was detected on the wing.
Passengers aboard Thursday’s flight had to disembark at the gate area and reboard the same plane, local media report.
The plane took off again at 2:28 p.m., about three hours after its scheduled departure at 11:30 a.m.
A Ryanair spokesperson told MailOnline: “This flight from Brindisi to Stansted returned to Brindisi Airport shortly after take-off due to a minor technical issue with the aircraft.
“The plane landed normally and was checked by engineers before continuing shortly afterwards to Stansted.”
The incident comes days after a flight from Italy was suspended after flames were seen coming from an engine.
A flight from Italy’s Aeroporti di Puglia airport in Brindisi was abandoned after a “strong flame” was detected on the wing of the Boeing 737-800 while taxiing last week.
Everyone on board was escorted via an inflatable slide after “scary moments,” Corriere Della Sera reported.
He added that all planes at the airport were grounded for just under three hours, before they were allowed to fly again at 11:25 local time.
A spokesperson said: “Flight FR8826 from Brindisi to Turin was delayed this morning after cabin crew observed fumes outside the aircraft.
‘Passengers disembarked without incident and returned by bus to the terminal.
“We sincerely apologize to the passengers affected by this delay.”
Last Tuesday, a Ryanair flight from Barcelona to Bergamo’s Orio al Serio airport, near Milan, suffered a “bad landing” before “all four” tires exploded.
Dramatic images showed the airliner with missing tires and crushed metal wheels after apparently scraping the runway, which was also damaged.
Alice Longhurst, a London marketing consultant, said: “You could smell the burning rubber on the plane. That was quite scary.
‘We were ready to leave and there were scary flames. I was shocked. I had never experienced anything like this before.
A Ryanair spokesperson said: “Flight FR846 from Barcelona to Milan Bergamo (1 October) experienced a tire problem when landing at Milan Bergamo Airport.
“The passengers disembarked normally and the aircraft was inspected by engineers, who are currently carrying out maintenance on the aircraft so that it can return to service.”
Ryanair flight FR846 arriving from Barcelona El Prat, on the runway at Orio al Serio airport, in Bergamo, Italy
Stunning images show one of the Ryanair plane’s burst tires
Reported accidents have generally decreased in recent years.
From 2010 to 2023, there was a average of 36 airplane incidents each year in the US
In 2007, the National Transportation Safety Board reviewed 24 million flight hours and noted one accident every 6.84 of every 100,000 flight hours.
1.19 out of 100,000 resulted in a fatal accident.
This was down from a peak of 9.08 accidents per 100,000 hours in 1994.
About 80 percent of all aviation accidents can be attributed to human error, for Spanish Law.