{"id":641003,"date":"2026-09-30T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/641003\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:32:09","slug":"dramatic-moment-dublin-flight-to-lanzarote-avoids-collision-on-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/641003\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic moment Dublin flight to Lanzarote avoids collision on runway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ryanair flight from Dublin had only just touched down when a smaller Iberia Express plane appeared on the scene<\/p>\n

11:34, 30 Sep 2026Updated 15:45, 30 Sep 2026<\/p>\n

Dublin flight to Lanzarote narrowly avoids runway disaster<\/p>\n

This is the hair-raising moment a packed holiday jet lands at Lanzarote Airport<\/a> to find another plane entering the runway in front of it.<\/p>\n

The Ryanair<\/a> flight from Dublin<\/a> had only just touched down when a smaller Iberia Express plane appeared on the scene.<\/p>\n

Fortunately the aircraft that had just landed managed to steer safely to a runway off to the left and the one in its way came to a halt before the two planes got any closer and put tourists at risk of a collision.<\/p>\n

The bizarre incident happened on Monday on runway 03 at Lanzarote Airport and involved Ryanair flight FR5910 and Iberia Express flight IB1502 which was bound for Madrid.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

People board a Ryanair flight (stock image)(Image: Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Madrid-bound plane was scheduled to take off from runway 21.<\/p>\n

The footage was published alongside the caption ‘Dangerous Operation’ by Lanzarote Webcam, which earlier this year posted footage of the moment the pilot of a UK holiday jet dramatically decided to abort his landing as he touched down at the busy island airport.<\/p>\n

That footage showed the Jet2 flight LS11DF from Birmingham suddenly veering upwards after its tail almost touched the ground amid unconfirmed speculation heavy crosswinds could have been to blame.<\/p>\n

A plane spotter responding to the latest incident claimed: “Clearly the control tower did not instruct.”<\/p>\n

A Ryanair spokesperson said: \u201cThis flight from Dublin to Lanzarote (28 Sep) landed normally in accordance with ATC instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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