Ryanair Boeing 737 Diverts To Paris After Engine Failure

A Ryanair Boeing 737 has been forced to divert and perform an unplanned landing at Paris-Beauvais Airport.

The aircraft apparently experienced problems with its right hand engine and had to shut down in order to continue flying. No one was injured.

This 737-800 was a third generation aircraft and not the troubled fourth generation MAX from Boeing.

Ryanair flight FR7411 was en route from Faro Airport in Portugal, one of Ryanair’s hub airports to Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands when the pilot noticed something wrong.

The flight deck noticed that the oil pressure in their right-hand engine had dropped to dangerous levels. Whilst above Paris at the time, they decided to shut down the aircraft and divert to a closer airport.

They deemed the situation to not be dire though only operating on one engine and landed 43 minutes after starting their descent at the closest airport, Paris Beauvais.

After landing and given the all clear, passengers and crew were disembarked. Passengers flew on a replacement plane that soon arrived, and engineers have scoured the plane looking for the cause of the malfunction.

Fortunately, there were no injuries in this incident.

Some aviationists have questioned why the aircraft landed at Paris Beauvais, when the original destination, Eindhoven Airport, was equally far away 45 minutes.

Ryanair has been blamed for not reporting the situation to passengers until they had landed, causing undue panic.


Tourism Observer