Overview
- The Manchester–to–Oslo Torp service, flight RK3226, declared an emergency Tuesday after about 40 minutes at 37,000 feet over the North Sea and reversed course.
- The Boeing 737-800 landed safely at Manchester around 9:55 a.m. on runway 23R, where emergency vehicles met the aircraft as it taxied.
- Ryanair said a minor technical issue prompted the turnback and moved passengers to a replacement jet that departed for Oslo Torp at 11:21 a.m. local time.
- Pilots set transponder code 7700 to signal a general emergency, which triggers priority handling and emergency readiness but does not reveal the underlying fault.
- The exact technical problem was not disclosed, and flight data showed the trip had begun an hour late before the first portion of the journey proceeded normally.