NEW DELHI: An emergency-like situation was seen at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport where around 200 passengers were forced to evacuate from a Buzz Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
According to a video posted on social media, X, some 200 passengers, on Sunday, were seen hastily leaving the aircraft via inflatable emergency slides deployed at the plane’s doors.
The New York Post reported that this incident took place after the cabin was filled up with smoke following the pilots firing up the engines while preparing for takeoff.
Notably, 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 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.
After the incident, Ryanair released a statement saying that the 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 minimise,” the spokesperson said.
“Refreshment vouchers have been issued to passengers in Arlanda.”
Ryanair has courted controversy in the past and has been an occasional fixture in news headlines for unusual incidents onboard its planes.