Scots Ryanair flight in near miss drama over skies of Spain
dailyrecord.co.ukA Ryanair flight bound for Scotland had a near miss with another flight over a Spanish city at the weekend. The Boeing 737-800 from Malaga to Glasgow Prestwick came within 400 feet of an Airbus A320-200 being operated by Tunisian airline Nouvelair, according to the Aviation Herald.
Spanish air traffic controllers sounded the alarm after the Ryanair flight came within what is considered to be a dangerously close distance to other planes in the area.
A total of five planes were involved in the incident over the skies of Madrid on Saturday September 3. Airspace monitors had sought to keep the jets clear of each other in what the aviation news site called a "very complex traffic scenario".Controllers had advised the Tunisian flight and a Ryanair plane from Rabat in Morocco to London Stansted to change course in order to avoid coming into close proximity.
However, the move inadvertently led to the Novelair flight and the Glasgow plane coming "into conflict".Pilots on the Prestwick flight were instructed by the plane's automatic warning system to take evasive action, which almost put it on a collision course with another Airbus A320 operated by Spanish airline Vueling.
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