2024-01-20 10:13:00
They are not ready to forget it. Last Wednesday, Tyron, 20, returned with Victoria from a short stay in Malta. Wednesday late afternoon, that is to say in the middle of a snowstorm in Belgium.
”When we finally landed, the plane kept braking. We thought we were going to stop at the end of the runway and even go over and end up in someone’s living room,” confides the young man who filmed the landing. “I no longer felt a bit dry and frankly, I wasn’t the only one. It was terrifying”.
Their return flight FR2955 had taken off from Malta, as planned, a little before 4 p.m. A Ryanair flight lasting 2 hours 45 minutes. But as we approached, the storm clearly complicated things.
“We were surprised because the captain had just announced that we were going to land but that is not what happened. We found ourselves in a holding pattern and the aircraft began to circle over Charleroi. Time passed and the hostesses no longer communicated. The device was half full. We had booked a last minute round trip for 50 euros. It seemed endless. The device kept spinning over and over. At one point, the captain passed a message to the cabin crew but it was coded, it felt like we were hiding something, and the captain’s voice seemed shaky. Passengers seated near a window had closed the blinds. We still received no explanation. We stayed like that in a waiting pattern for tens of minutes. People were praying.”
The plane made a few turns in the sky over Charleroi before being able to land. ©DR
The runway went by, went by “The landing was planned for around 6:45 p.m. And it was much later. And then, even though there had been no further communication, the Boeing began its descent.
Of course, you don’t stop a 75-ton aircraft hitting the runway at 250 km/h for three hundred meters, but there, in the depth of snow, the landing seemed interminable.
Tyron says: “I kept my window open. The trail was not plowed. The thrust reversers seemed powerless to slow down the aircraft. We were lifting snowpacks. We could see the emergency vehicles at the edge of the track, ready to intervene. It was Dantesque. The track kept going and going, giving the impression that we were never going to be able to stop.” A flight of one hour longer, they took off from Malta at 3:56 p.m. They arrived above Charleroi at 6:35 p.m. Their Boeing 737-800 finally landed at 7:33 p.m. Submerged by the emotion, Tyron De Cnop, like most, sent a message to reassure the family.
His, which he shows us, perfectly illustrates the emotion: “Sparks and all smoke. I was right next to the window. I got used to it.” In fact, the landing had been remarkable. The plane did not deviate at all. They were relieved when the engines stopped.
The passengers were dropped off on the tarmac. The aircraft was unable to approach the boarding bridges. Those returning from Malta walked in the snow, with hand luggage, to reach the terminal. “We had snow up to our ankles.” Tyron further recounts: “What we criticized was the lack of information received when we were in flight. We circled above Charleroi for almost an hour, we were panicking and we were not informed of anything. The hostesses were kept informed of the situation. We had the feeling, as passengers, that we were not being told everything. There were ‘low masses’ between the cabin crew and the crew.” Aces, at RyanairTo top it off, Tyron De Cnop recovered his completely damaged suitcase.
The video of the landing in the snow in any case shows that the Ryanair pilots are professionals. Aces you can trust.
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