Ryanair passengers stuck in Budapest and Zadar

Ryanair passengers were stranded in Zadar, Croatia and Budapest, Hungary, after two of the airline’s planes were damaged in a storm early Saturday morning.

Budapest-Bari flight delayed

According to information published by 24.hu, one of the planes was supposed to fly from Budapest to Bari, Italy, at 8.30 AM on Saturday morning. However, this did not happen and on Saturday afternoon, the display at Budapest Airport showed that the plane would take off at 10.25 PM.

Ryanair flight landed in Zagred instead of Zadar

Meanwhile, Utazómajom, a Hungarian travel portal, reported that Ryanair flight FR6521 from Budapest to Zadar on Friday evening was delayed by 70 minutes. However, due to bad weather conditions, after an hour of circling, the pilot of the aircraft decided to land in the safer Zagreb instead of Zadar.

However, passengers waiting in Zadar were not informed of this. According to a reader of Utazómajom in the Croatian town, Ryanair did not offer accommodation, transfers or any other assistance. Hence, they had to spend the night at the airport, along with many other families with young children. The only information they received by text message was to look for accommodation and keep the bill, and that they would try again to be brought home at 11.30 PM on Saturday night.

Ryanair kept delaying the flight

Many had spent the day in hotels and returned to the airport in the evening when they received a new notification: the flight had been rescheduled for 00:30 AM, Sunday. Despite Ryanair confirming the time to several passengers, shortly afterwards, the waiting passengers received another message telling them that they could only take off at 01:30 AM, Utazómajom reported in an updated article.

The portal added that those who couldn’t cope with the uncertainty got home by train, bus or family help. Although the airport officially serves scheduled flights only until 10 PM, it is open all day in emergencies.

“I love flying but I will definitely not fly for a while”

Index wrote about a passenger who was on the Ryanair flight FR6521 that was supposed to land in Zadar but instead landed in Zagreb due to the extreme weather.

According to the passenger, the Ryanair pilot announced before landing that there was a storm in Zadar, but there was no need to worry because they had filled up with enough fuel in Budapest in case they had to circle before landing. The plane circled for about an hour and then headed for Zagreb. The passenger added that for 20 minutes of the hour they were in the worst turbulence he had ever experienced. For 20 minutes, he was scared to death.

“I love flying but I will definitely not fly for a while,” he said.

You can read more HERE about the damaged Ryanair planes at Budapest Airport. HERE is the story of a group of Hungarian tourists stranded in Slovenia after violent storms.

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