Ryanair/Buzz plane evacuated after smoke fills cabin while starting engines – VisionSafe

Ryanair/Buzz plane evacuated after smoke fills cabin while starting engines

Source: Chris Nesi | www.nypost.com

Ryanair/Buzz 737 MAX evacuated at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport after smoke filled the cabin while starting the engines. No injuries reported.

Nearly 200 passengers were forced to evacuate from a Buzz Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport early Sunday after the cabin filled up with smoke when the pilots fired up the engines while preparing for takeoff.

Buzz is a Poland-based partner of Irish discount air carrier Ryanair, which operated the evacuated flight that was preparing to depart for Krakow when the emergency began.

A video montage of the incident posted on X shows the chaotic scene unfolding as passengers hastily exit the aircraft via inflatable emergency slides deployed at the plane’s doors.

A number of emergency vehicles surrounded the plane on the snowy tarmac as first responders and airport employees helped passengers evacuate, but no injuries were reported in the incident.

In another segment of the video, the cabin appears smoky as its 189 panicked passengers grab for their belongings and queue up to flee the aircraft.

As the cabin slowly filled with smoke, passengers reportedly had to loudly urge members of the flight crew to open the cabin doors and allow them to exit.

According to AirLive, one passenger described the incident as “highly traumatic.”

In a statement, a Ryanair spokesperson said Buzz engineers were inspecting the aircraft and that a replacement plane had been routed to Arlanda to get passengers to their original destination.

“A Buzz aircraft this morning (10 Dec) in Arlanda reported fumes in the cabin. As a precaution, passengers were evacuated and returned to the terminal,” the statement read in part.

“We apologise sincerely to affected passengers for this delay which we are doing everything to minimize,” the spokesperson said.

“Refreshment vouchers have been issued to passengers in Arlanda.”

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