Air passengers were stuck on a plane on the runway of Kerry Airport for over four hours yesterday afternoon.
Ryanair flight FR842 from London Luton landed in Farranfore shortly after half past three (3:37pm), but passengers were not allowed disembark until almost 9 o'clock (8:57pm).
On board, the captain told passengers winds were too strong to let them out because of Storm Ashley.
One of the passenger on the plane, Sean Lyons says the staff were brilliant and passengers were in good spirits.
He wants to know what the policy is if this happens again:
Kerry Airport had no comment but told Radio Kerry News it is a matter for the airline.
In a statement to Radio Kerry, Ryanair said:
Passengers on this flight from Luton to Kerry (20 Oct) were delayed disembarking due to unsafe weather conditions at Kerry Airport.
Crew opened the bars onboard the aircraft for passengers to access refreshments, which can be expensed back at Ryanair.com. Once weather conditions were declared as safe, passengers safely disembarked the aircraft.
Ryanair sincerely apologises to passengers affected by this storm-related delay, which was entirely beyond our control.
