Ryanair jet from London damages wing after landing in Greece

A Ryanair airliner from London has damaged its wing after landing in Greece.

Pictures on social media show the Boeing 737 Max with a damaged right wing tip.

Such damage can only be caused by a collision with an object on the ground.

Flight FR6080 had reportedly suffered from “severe turbulence” in its flight between Italy and Greece on Wednesday before those aboard were claimed to have heard a “huge bang”.

“The crew said it was going to be a bumpy landing,” an unidentified source told The Sun.

“But while it was taxiing down the runway towards the red and white barrier at the end, the plane turned and everyone heard this loud banging sound.

“With the wing damaged the way it was, why wouldn’t you evacuate the plane first?

“Everyone was scared. It was the fact they said wait on the plane even though there was clearly a risk of fire.”

The incident comes after an Air India flight crashed shortly after take-off last week, killing 271 people, including 241 aboard the aircraft.

Although both the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Ryanair Boeing 737 Max in Thursday’s incident were made by the same company, there is no suggestion of an inherent flaw in Boeing’s products.

A Ryanair spokesman said: “This flight from London Stansted to Kalamata (18 June) was taxiing to stand when the wing tip came in contact with a fence at Kalamata Airport.

“The aircraft subsequently continued to stand, and passengers disembarked normally.

“The aircraft then underwent the required inspections and maintenance prior to its return to service.”

Data from Flightradar24 suggests that the airliner, registered EI-HMZ, had yet to return to the sky at the time of writing.

It was due to fly from Kalamata to Milan at 2.30pm GMT on Thursday but that flight has been delayed by four hours.

The Greece-Italy leg was the plane’s first scheduled flight after Wednesday’s incident. It had arrived in Kalamata from Rimini, Italy.