{"id":299534,"date":"2026-02-15T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/299534\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:41:13","slug":"ryanair-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-spain-due-to-technical-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/299534\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair flight makes emergency landing in Spain due to &#8216;technical&#8217; problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers will be moved to another plane according to Cornwall Airport Newquay<\/p>\n<p>Husna Anjum Senior Live News Reporter and Molly Seaman<\/p>\n<p>17:45, 14 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ryanair plane\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_Ryanair-Airliner-In-Brussels-South-Charleroi-Airport.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A Ryanair flight heading for Newquay Airport was forced to divert to Spain due to a 'technical' problem\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A Ryanair flight heading for Newquay Airport was forced to divert to Spain due to a &#8216;technical&#8217; problem(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Ryanair flight heading for Newquay Airport was forced to divert to Spain due to a &#8216;technical&#8217; problem. The diversion happened today (February 14) as the FR9448 flight was due to land in Newquay at 4.45pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However Newquay Airport has said the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/travel\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">flight<\/a> is delayed and expected at 5.55pm, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwalllive.com\/news\/cornwall-news\/ryanair-flight-newquay-makes-emergency-10815754\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">CornwallLive<\/a> reports. A passenger on the plane said that the flight landed safely in Madrid after taking off in Malaga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The passenger said there was an issue with the plane &#8220;burning excess fuel&#8221; as it was &#8220;not able to climb high enough&#8221;. Passenger Eileen has revealed that the flight has landed in Madrid and at the time of reporting, passengers are still on the plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Eileen has added that luggage has started to be removed from the plane, she said: &#8220;<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/ryanair\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Ryanair<\/a> flight from Malaga to Newquay lands in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Passengers remain on board. Full flight. Landed safely in Madrid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cornwall Airport Newquay said they were tracking a flight that had a technical fault, which has landed in Madrid. The airport has said passengers are expected to be transferred to another plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passengers will be moved to another plane according to Cornwall Airport Newquay Husna Anjum Senior Live News Reporter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,1899,6715,2521],"class_list":["post-299534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ryanair","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}