Storm Amy caused chaos in air traffic. For one plane, the storm was becoming fatal. A Ryanair plane was ”six minutes from disaster” when it was unable to land due to Amy, according to Daily Mail.

A plane making the airline Ryanair was en route from Pisa, Italy to Glasgow, Scotland on October 3.

But when Storm Amy hit with winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h), it caused chaos across the UK. The pilots of the Ryanair plane made several attempts to land at Prestwick Airport outside Glasgow without success due to the storm.

– Everything was going well until we started descending for landing. The plane circled a few times before it tried the first time, but pulled up almost immediately. We were told to try again, otherwise we would have to go on. The second time it was a very shaky ride and we were almost down on the runway, but at the last moment we pulled up very sharply, passenger Alexander Marchi tells Ayr Advertiser.

The pilots then attempted to land at Edinburgh airport, but this also failed.

”We understood how bad it had been”

The plane was then diverted to Manchester where it eventually managed to make an emergency landing, almost two hours after the first landing attempt at Prestwick. The flight reportedly landed with only enough fuel left in the tank for only five to six minutes of flight time, according to the Daily Mail.

– We only understood how bad it had been when we saw the pictures after we finally landed in Manchester with almost no fuel left. It was a great relief, says Alexander Marchi.

An investigation into the incident has been launched. A Ryanair spokesperson told the Daily Mail:

– Ryanair reported this to the relevant authorities on Friday 3 October. As this is now the subject of an ongoing investigation, with which we are fully cooperating, we are unable to comment further.

Source: Expressen.se