A Ryanair flight landed at Manchester Airport with just six minutes of fuel in the tank after diverting from Scotland during Storm Amy last week. The Boeing 737-800 had attempted multiple landings at Glasgow Prestwick International Airport , and then at Edinburgh Airport , amid wind speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, before diverting to Manchester.

The narrowbody, which can carry up to 189 passengers plus crew, landed with only 220kg of fuel left, having burned through almost all of its reserve fuel. The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has now launched an investigation into the incident.

Ryanair Flight Minutes From Fuel Exhaustion

As reported by The Guardian, Ryanair Flight FR3418 (operated by Malta Air) from Pisa to Glasgow on Friday, October 3, had jus

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