Brindisi, flame from Ryanair flight engine: passengers evacuated with slides, airport closed and then reopened

Alarm this morning at Brindisi airport, closed and then reopened after a few hours due to a fire in the engine of a Ryanair plane headed to Turin .

On board the aircraft (Fr 8826) there were 184 passengers plus crew members who were evacuated via the emergency slides . There were no injuries.

Firefighters are still working on the scene, busy with cooling the plane's engine.

"What happened - Aeroporti di Puglia specifies in a note - occurred when the aircraft was already aligned at the head for take-off , and required the evacuation of passengers via emergency slides. All operations were carried out in maximum safety for passengers and crew."

The passengers are "already at the airport where they are being assisted by Aeroporti di Puglia staff - he continues -. The company's technicians are working on the interventions within their competence and necessary so that Aeroporti di Puglia can proceed with the subsequent checks on the usability of the runway and proceed with the reopening of the airport".

The incident comes just a few hours after what happened in Bergamo, where the explosion of some tires of a Ryanair flight damaged the runway at Orio al Serio, forcing the airport to a long stop.

(Unioneonline/vl)